 Gorofu pamitambo yePacific yakakwikwidzwa kubvira muna 1969 apo mutambo uyu wakaverengerwa semumwe wemitambo gumi neshanu pamitambo yechitatu yeSouth Pacificrakaitirwa muPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Makwikwi evarume nevakadzi anokwikwidzwa nezvikwata zvevatambi vana vegorofu munyika imwe neimwe, uye menduru dzinopihwa kune vanokunda vega uye vechikwata. Gorofu yave ichibatanidzwawo mumitambo mishomanene yePacific, kutanga neshanduro yechipiri yakaitirwa paRarotonga muna 1985. 