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Fata-a-iki (died 15 December 1896) was a patu-iki (king) of the Pacific Ocean island of Niue.
One of his first acts as patu-iki, in 1887, was to write a letter to the British monarch Queen Victoria, requesting that Niue become a protectorate of the British Empire, so as to prevent annexation by another colonial power. His letter read:
The letter was not answered, and King Fata-a-iki repeated his request in 1895, to no avail.
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