Fusitu’a was born a commoner and was adopted by Tevita ʻAlokuoʻulu.
[2] He worked in the Printing Department and then for the Supreme Court of Tonga as an interpreter.
[3]: 365 He was a member of the Anti-Communist League, and during the 1990 election he led the conservative, anti-democratic faction among the nobles, attempting to enlist the church to back a "church and state" campaign and encourage a member of the royal family to stand as a people's representative on Tongatapu.
[1] As Speaker he clashed frequently with pro-democracy People's Representatives such as ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, and was in turn targeted by them as an example of the moral bankruptcy of the government.
[5] He died in Nukuʻalofa in 2014[6] and was succeeded as Lord Fusituʻa and as Niuas Noble Representative by his son Mataʻiʻulua ʻi Fonuamotu.