 Marokau Atoll was one of the main locations in the Tuamotu lagoons at which pearls were collected from the nineteenth century up to 1965.The atoll was heavily hit by a cyclone in 1903 which causes the death of 95 people .Marokau Atoll belongs to the commune of Hikueru, which consists of the atolls of Marokau, Hikueru, Ravahere, Reitoru and Tekokota.