Moala Island

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Moala is a volcanic island in the Moala subgroup of Fiji's Lau archipelago. It has an area of 62.5 square kilometers (24.1 sq mi), making it the ninth largest island of Fiji. The highest point on the island of Moala, at a maximum elevation of 468 meters (1,535 ft), is called Delaimoala which has ric

h vegetation and consists of dark thick forest. The population of around 3000 live in eight villages. The chiefly village of Naroi, whose population is over 500, was formalised during the colonial era to entertain those that would not be entertained elsewhere, and act as government representation to the vanua. Economic activities include coconut farming, cocoa, kava, dalo, and other self sufficiency production, including fishing. Oral history of the Island depicted by the genealogical records which is funded by the British through Ratu Sukuna, whose mother is from Naocovonu, a clan within the larger Nasau group. The genealogical records or Vola-ni-Kawa Bula kei Viti abbreviated as VKB, dictates that all Moalans are to be registered under two great sons of pre-Colonial Fiji, and these are: Kubuavanua (now claimant to the title Tui Moala) and Rovarovaivalu. This separates the Island into...

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