Marokau and Ravahere form a minor subgroup of the Tuamotus known as the Two Groups Islands.

Most live in Vaiori, the main village, located on an island at its northern end.

The locals collect copra from the numerous coconut palms planted on the islands and motus.

[4] The first recorded European who sighted the two neighboring atolls of Marokau and Ravahere was Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768.

[5] Marokau Atoll was one of the main locations in the Tuamotu lagoons at which pearls were collected from the nineteenth century up to 1965.