Marovo

The Marovo are an Austronesian people of the New Georgia group in the Solomon Islands, living on the islands of Marovo Lagoon and the neighbouring shores of New Georgia, Vangunu and Nggatokae. Their language belongs to the New Georgia cluster with Roviana. The lagoon takes its name from Marovo Island at its heart and is enclosed by a double barrier reef.

Its people live from subsistence gardens and fishing, and its carvers are known for work in ebony and hardwood. In 1568 the brigantine built by Mendaña's Spanish colonists on Santa Isabel charted nearby Vangunu, the first European contact with the lagoon's vicinity.