He was the ariki of the Pa dynasty, one of the two chiefdoms of the Takitumu tribe on the island of Rarotonga.

He married at an early age to Pati More, a woman of high rank, but they had no children.

In 1901 he visited New Zealand, accompanying Lieutenant colonel Walter Edward Gudgeon to welcome the Duke and Duchess of York to the colony.

[2] He died on 7 February 1906 after suffering from heart and lung afflictions for some weeks, he succumbed at last very quickly.

He was buried on Friday afternoon on 9 February, and the funeral was officially attended by the Resident Commissioner and the Government officers.