Lauaki Namulau'ulu Mamoe (died 14 December 1915) (also known as Lauati) was a renowned orator chief and the first leader of the Mau, a resistance movement in Samoa during colonialism.[1] Mamoe was exiled to Saipan in 1909. He died in 1915 as he was taken back to Samoa.
He was from Safotulafai, the capital of Fa'asaleleaga political district on the island of Savai'i.[2] The family matai chief title Namulau'ulu was from Safotulafai and the other chief title Lauaki came from Tonga.[3] Mamoe was the first of his family to hold both the Namulauulu and the Lauaki titles, inherited through good service from the true heirs of the Namulauulu family. Uncertain of the outcome of his trial under German rule, he decided to bestow the title 'Namulauulu' on his younger brother, Pulali, who was also exiled and died before being allowed to return to Samoa.namulauululaki was the leader of the mau a pule and also the mau a Samoa in 1803