J.A.R. Dovi

Ratu Jione Atonio Rabici Doviverata OBE (born 1906) was a Bau chief and medical doctor and administrator in colonial Fiji.

Ratu Dovi, as he is better known, was a scion of the Tui Kaba, the powerful ruling clan of the Vanua of Bau in Fiji's Tailevu province. He was the youngest child of Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, an early colonial administrator who served as Roko Tui Ra and later as Roko Tui Tailevu.

Dovi's mother, Adi Litiana Maopa hailed from the chiefly Vuanirewa clan of Lakeba; she was the eldest child of Roko Tevita Vakacere Uluilakeba Tui Nayau, suzerain of the Lau province. Her mother, also of the Tui Kaba was Adi Asenaca Kakua the eldest daughter of Ratu Seru Cakobau the Vunivalu of Bau who ceded the islands to the United Kingdom in 1874.

Dovi's eldest brother Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna was an elder statesman and held the paramount title of Tui Lau. Ratu Sukuna was the first Fijian to obtain a university qualification. He read law at Oxford, attained an LLB and was admitted as a Barrister (Middle Temple) in the High Court of England. He served in the Legislative Council as a member and later as Speaker. He is best remembered for his work as Secretary for Native Affairs (Talai-ni-Kovana) and Chairmanship of the Native Lands Commission; his accomplishments include the passing of the Native Lands Ordinance and establishment of the Native Land Trust Board.

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