Sukuna, Josefa Lalabalavu Vaanialialia (1888–1958), chief of Lau and civil servant in Fiji, was born on 22 April 1888 in the village of Nanukuloa, Fiji, the eldest son of Ratu Jone Madraiwiwi (1859–1920) and Adi Litiana Maopa. Through his mother he was '...