Noa'tau is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma

Rotuma

Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a small but unique indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognizable minority within the population of Fiji, known as "Rotumans"...

, a dependency

Dependent territory

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 of Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. It includes the villages of Maragteu and Fekeoko.

Noa'tau is the most easterly district on the island. Because Rotuma's chiefly system is often (incorrectly) associated with Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

an precepts of chiefdom by Westerners, it is considered the "chiefly" village on the island, because it's chiefs are traditionally assigned first service in the Rotuman kava ceremony

Kava culture

Kava cultures are the religious and cultural traditions of western Oceania which consume kava. There are similarities in the use of kava between the different cultures, but each one also has its own traditions.-Hawaii:...

, ever since their victory for the Wesleyan

Methodism

Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...

 missionaries

Missionary

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 side in the Rotuman Religious Wars in the 19th century.