The nearby village of Kolonga, nowadays is nicknamed ʻUtulongoaʻa (noisy coast), because that was what Talatama's sister Fatafehi said.
Either to please her or just to find a better harbour for themselves Talatama and his younger brother Talaihaʻapepe decided to move the royal court to Muʻa (meaning: first, because as the new capital, the village would be the first to receive honours).
Indeed, the coast there was sandy and muddy, safe for the boats, the big royal canoes, named ʻĀkiheuho and Tongafuesia, and it was quiet.
Talaihaʻapepe seemed to be the most straightforward one to succeed him, but he himself saw it as a bad omen to break the tradition from father to son.
[1] Three years later Talaihaʻapepe declared that the king, Tamatou, had died and would be buried in a vault,[2] while his wife was supposed to have been pregnant and born a son.