Manoa Rasigatale

Ratu Manoa Rasigatale (born (1947-07-11) July 11, 1947 (age 78))^[1] is a Fijian historian, journalist, musician, television personality and former politician. He is a former member of the Senate of Fiji and represented Rewa.

Rasigatale is from the village of Nabuli in Rewa Province.^[2]

In the 1970s he worked as a journalist for Fijian newspaper Nai Lalakai^[2] and Pacific Islands Monthly^[3] and was director and manager of the Fiji Dance Theatre cultural troupe.^[2][4][5] In 1985 he established the Fijian Cultural Center at the Pacific Harbour International Resort near Suva,^[6] where he planned to build a replica Drua.^[7] 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.^[8]

In 2009 he hosted We Ni Yava Misiki.^[9] In 2016 he hosted documentary drama series Mai Muri Mai.^[10]

In October 2020 he was awarded the Fiji 50th Anniversary commemorative medal.^[1][11]