'' Ratu'' Manoa Rasigatale (born ) is a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

an historian, journalist, musician, television personality and former politician. He is a former member of the

Senate of Fiji The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament. It was abolished by the 2013 Constitution of Fiji, after a series of military coups. It was the less powerful of the two chambers; it could not initiate legislation, but could amend or veto ...

and represented Rewa. Rasigatale is from the village of Nabuli in Rewa Province. In the 1970s he worked as a journalist for Fijian newspaper ''Nai Lalakai'' and '' Pacific Islands Monthly'' and was director and manager of the Fiji Dance Theatre cultural troupe. In 1985 he established the Fijian Cultural Center at the Pacific Harbour International Resort near

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...

, where he planned to build a replica '' Drua''. In 1993 and 1994 his dance troupe performed at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Hawaii as part of a cultural exchange. In 1994, it performed in Las Vegas. In 2009 he hosted ''We Ni Yava Misiki''. In 2016 he hosted documentary drama series ''Mai Muri Mai''. In October 2020 he was awarded the Fiji 50th Anniversary commemorative medal.

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* Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Rewa Province Fijian journalists Fijian historians Fijian chiefs I-Taukei Fijian members of the Senate (Fiji) {{Fiji-bio-stub