Rasolo was a Fijian High Chief.Transactions and Proceedings of the Fiji SocietyTovata I & II by A. C. Reid
Family Father of Rasolo was Chief Niumataiwalu of Lakeba. Rasolo's mother was Lady Tarau of Totoya.Matanitū: the struggle for power in early Fiji by David Routledge. Institute of Pacific Studies in association with the Fiji Centre Extension Services, University of the South Pacific. Rasolo was a brother of Lady Sivoki and Uluilakeba I and half-brother of Matawalu.
Rasolo's first wife was Lady Laufitu. Their son was Roko Malani.
Rasolo's second wife was from Lakeba. She bore Soroaqali to Rasolo. Lady Radavu was the third wife of Rasolo, and was the mother of Taliai Tupou.
Biography Rasolo became the third Roko Sau of the Lau Islands and first installed holder of the title Tu'i Nayau.Fijian masi: a traditional art form by Gale Scott Troxler. According to the oral history,The Lau Islands (Fiji) and their fairy tales and folklore by Sir Thomas Reginald St. Johnston. Rasolo was exiled to Nayau.Mara, Ratu Sir Kamisese: "The Pacific Way: A Memoir"
He is considered to be the progenitor of the noble households Matailakeba and Vatuwaqa.Pacific Islands Monthly. "The first Tui Nayau was Roko Rasolo, Ratu Sir Kamisese's great-great-great grandfather."
It was under the rule of Rasolo that the invading Bauan forces were driven from Lakeba.
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