Meli Loki

Ratu Meli Loki (died 11 February 1987) was a Fijian chief, businessman and politician. A pioneer in the indigenous Fijian tourism industry, he served as a member of the Senate between 1979 and 1982.

Biography Loki became the chief of Tamavua, was conferred with the Roko Tui Colo title and became a member of the Great Council of Chiefs. He joined the civil service as a proofreader at the government printer in 1949. The following year he became an assistant health inspector for Suva City Council. In the early 1960s he entered the tourism business, creating the Marau model village in Tamavua, where he built the largest bure in Fiji. He converted to the Baháʼí Faith for a period.

Entering local government, he became a member of the Suva Rual Local Authority and chairman of Naitasiri Provincial Council.

Following a stroke, he died in the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva in February 1987 at the age of 55.