Rotuma

More than 160 languages are spoken in New Zealand. Week-long events celebrate the unique languages heard across the country, and this week the focus is on the Rotuman language.

An outbreak of Covid-19 in Fiji has forced Rotumans there to cancel this year's Rotuma Day celebrations. Video

Pacific languages is key to the well-being for all its people in New Zealand, the government says.

New Zealand's Rotuman community is excited to celebrate their language and culture together this year.

Representation for youth and women has been boosted on Rotuma's Council of Chiefs.

Rotumans now have a place they can call their own in New Zealand.

The call has gone out for the creation of a global network to promote Rotuman language and culture in this current Covid-19 pandemic environment.

What makes Rotuman such a unique Pacific language and how did it come to be?

It's Rotuman Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand and the islanders now have another reason to smile.

You won't hear New Zealand's Rotuman community complaining about the unique environment in which they having to celebrate the country's first official language week.

Members of the Kiribati and Rotuman communities in New Zealand have welcomed their inclusion in the country's Pacific language weeks lineup. Audio

A senior tutor at the University of Waikato is urging Pasifika parents in New Zealand to encourage and promote literacy at home to prepare their children for tertiary study.

Rotumans in New Zealand are being urged to support each other to ensure their values, culture and language remain strong.

The people from the Fijian dependency of Rotuma living in New Zealand are trying hard to keep the language alive with classes and the second ever Rotuman Language Week. Video

Rotuman Fijians in Auckland have remembered the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks by laying flowers at the Mt Roskill Mosque.