Note on use of place names involved with what is being called internationally the "Popua Mounds", locally as "Va'epopua Sia" and "Patangata". The research below indicates the more ancient names that are still preserved in court proceedings from 1924. "TUKUTONGA is the name for the tract known today as Patangata. The British Admiralty chart of 1888 names the point where Captain James Cook had his observatory tent, as "Holevai", which is actually HOLEVA. PATANGATA came into use following the burial of Fu'i Ma'ofanga in 1797. The foreshore at Ma'ufanga was lined with a palisade of men each bearing a puaka toho (large pig) as a shield, to honour him as a warrior. Use of Patangata for the location of Cook's encampment at Point Holeva in 1777 is anachronistic, but enables the text to be understood without a knowledge of history. VA'EPOPUA: Va'epopua is not a place name in the 1924 transcript of Fakafanua's landcourt proceedings. Va'epopua was the nickname of Ilaheva, 'Aho'eitu's mother. With the inroad of the tide into Vaolahi, Va'epopua seems to becoming into use as a name for the tidal flats that have displaced the vaolahi. Evidence given to the court in 1924 uses the names Ma'ofaga, Vaolahi, Finepani and Popua. Finepani and Popua are tracts within the larger area called VAOLAHI. Cook's records confirm that in 1777 the area was in thick forest. Ma'ofanga ends at the cemetery where Fu'i Ma'ofanga is buried, then Vaolahi continues to the channel called "TAFE" at the end of the peninsula. Then NUKUNUKUMOTU. Then the channel called MANAVANGA that flows past Nukuleka on the way to Mu'a. At Kauvai is a tract called HA'A'UVEA, named in the 1924 court proceedings. It is possible that the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua settled 'Uvean stone masons here. -*The excerpt above is sourced from the research of Dr. Wendy Pond as relayed to the Tongan Heritage Society 20/8/2015. Please do not cite without permission.