Original sentence: Effectively, they lost their land while providing a service to their people.In the mid-1800s, Fiji's two dominant chiefs, the Vunivalu of Bau (Seru Epenisa Cakobau) and the Tui Cakau were threatened by the Tongan warlord, Enele Ma'afu.Namalata is a village on the island of Island, in Fiji.The island of Mago was ceded to the United Kingdom in order to slow Ma'afu's advancement into Fiji, as the threat of retaliation deterred him from attacking Europeans.The people of Namalata Village were the original inhabitants of the island, which is now owned by the actor and film director Mel Gibson.They sought the help of Namalata while Ma'afu was in Lomaloma, on Vanua Balavu, as they could provide information on his movements.When Fiji was annexed by the United Kingdom in 1874, those occupying the island were registered as the rightful owners, thus dispossessing the Namalata people
Edited sentence: Post cession to England when the the Tongan warrior Enale Ma'afu was trying to forge himself a kingdom the two dominant Kings (Turaga na Tui Kaba na Vunivalu) Cakobau and the Turaga na Tui Cakau Chief of Taveuni nad parts of Vanua Levu sort the help  of the people of Namalata to serve Ma'afu while he was in Lomaloma apart from service they also acted as means of information on his movements to the oposing Chiefs.The people of Namalata Village were the original inhabitants of the Island of Mago now owned by Actor Mel Gibson.sadly the Namalata people by default lost there traditional land, while providing a service to their Vanua.the Island of Mago was given to the Europeans as means to slow Ma'afu's advancement into Fiji as he would not attack the Europeans in fear of retaliation from their respective homelands, When cession to Great Britian came then those who were current occupants of the lands were then written in as the rightful owners