Halaevalu Mata'aho 'Ahome'e
| Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho | |||||
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| Queen Mother of Tonga | |||||
| Queen Consort of Tonga | |||||
| Tenure | 16 December 1965 – 10 September 2006 | ||||
| Coronation | 4 July 1967 | ||||
| Born |
29 May 1926 Tonga |
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| Died | 19 February 2017 (aged 90) Mercy Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Burial | 1 March 2017 Malaʻekula |
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| Spouse | King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV (m. 1946) | ||||
| Issue |
George Tupou V of Tonga Princess Salote, Princess Royal Prince Fatafehi Ala'i'vahamama'o Tuku'aho King Aho'eitu Tupou VI of Tonga |
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| Father | Ahomeʻe (Manu-ʻo-pangai) | ||||
| Mother | Heuʻifanga Veikune | ||||
| Religion | Methodism | ||||
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| Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe |
Halaevalu Mata'aho ʻAhomeʻe (29 May 1926 – 19 February 2017) was the Queen Consort of Tonga from 1965 to 2006 and the wife of the late King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, who died in 2006. She was the Queen mother of George Tupou V and the reigning King Tupou VI.
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was born on 29 May 1926, the oldest daughter of ‘Ahome’e (Manu-‘o-pangai) and his wife, Heuʻifanga, a great-granddaughter of the last King of the Tuʻi Tonga Empire. The Queen Mother is a great-great-granddaughter of Maʻafu.
She was educated at St Joseph’s Convent School, Nuku’alofa, Tongatapu, and St Mary’s College, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.
On 10 June 1946, Halaevalu married her distant relative Crown Prince Tāufaʻāhau of Tonga (eldest son of Queen Sālote Tupou III of Tonga (1900-1965) and Prince Viliami Tungī Mailefihi).
The Queen Mother celebrated her 85th birthday in 2011 with a five-day celebration held in May. The celebrations began with a Garden Party for more than one hundred Tongan women held at the home of the President of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga, Rev. Dr. ‘Ahio. The Queen Mother attended a Catholic mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Ma'ufanga with King Siaosi Tupou V on May 26, 2011. The Tongan Ministry of Education, Women Affairs and Culture held a student celebration for her birthday on May 27, with of primary school students from Pangai Lahi to Teufaiva Park, including presenting the Queen Mother with birthday gifts. A private party was held in Ha'avakatolo the next day, followed by a church service held at Centennial Church on Sunday, May 29, with a royal luncheon at the Royal Palace in Nukuʻalofa.
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