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Seniors Get-together & Lunch - Every 1st Wednesday of the month
Rotuman Language & Culture Classes -  Every Saturday from 15 June 2024
Fijian Language & Culture Classes - Every Saturday from 15 June 2024
Leadership Training - from 14 September 2024
Financial Literacy Classes - resuming in July 2024
Home Ownership Workshops - from 03 August 2024
Rotorua Trip (Team Building) - 30 to 31 October 2024
Rotuma's Got Talent - coming soon
​Rotuman Genealogy Project Launch - coming soon​
Festival of Rotuma - watch this space
Kids Rainbows End Day Out -  23 November 2024
Childrens Mathematics & STEM classes - re-commencing soon
Language Class Graduation - 23 November 2024
End of year Group BBQ and Picnic - 21 December 2024
Rotuma Trip - December 2024
Group Fara - 28 December 2024
Te Titri e Waitangi Trip -  22 February 2025
Gold Coast Trip - 24 to 27 October 2025
Music Classes - coming soon

Noa'ia 'e Mauri
Welcome to the website of the
NZ Rotuman Community

RESOURCES

1. Rotuman Alphabet

Click on the image to View this ROTUMAN LANGUAGE CHART we created for our first-ever Language Week. 

You can also open or download it to your device using these buttons, and print it. 

We can also send you a copy if you provide us your details on our "CONTACT" page

4. Some Useful Rotuman Expressions

Fãiåk se’ea : ‘Thank you’ (It can also mean ‘congratulations or hello’)

Noa’ia : ‘Hello, Good morning, Good day, Thank you’ (You can combine this with other words)

‘äe taptapen ? : 'How are you?'

Gou ne’ne’( lelei) : 'I’m fine'

Gagaja noa’ia : 'Thank God'

Figalelei : ‘Please’

Se fek : ‘I’m sorry’ (this means literally, ‘Don’t be angry)

Hanis (Hanisi) : ‘What a shame, poor thing, etc’

Hanisiof : ‘Love’ (the closing of a personal letter or e-mail)

The –of : ending here means the love is ‘directed toward you’

Se fua : ‘God bless you’ (said to a person who sneezes) (Notice the se negative word again - this expression literally means ‘Don’t burst open’)

Noa’ia ‘e mãuri : ‘Hello’ (this means literally, ‘thank you for living’)

Noa’ia ‘e hanisit : ‘Thank you for your kindness’

La’ ma ne’ne’ ‘äe : ‘Go and (you) be well’
 
For those of you who are beginners to the Rotuman language : start with using 2 or 3, and gradually add more of them. The nice thing about expressions is that you don’t have to worry about grammar. Just memorise them, and you’ll be speaking Rotuman!

Credits : www.rotuma.net

3. Video : Rare Language of Rotuma, NZ Rotuma Day Celebrations   (Credits : TVNZ, Tagata Pasifika & SunPix Ltd)

The following is a brief academic article on the Rotuman Language :
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuman_language (click on this link to view)
This is quite a long article.  It was wriiten by a Mr W.E. Russell, who was Acting Resident Commissioner on Rotuma during 1926-27.  It is was published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 51, No. 4 (1942), pp. 229-255.  ARFGI does not necessarily agree with its content; it is presented for information purposes only.

Click on the button to View or Download this document (in Adobe PDF format) to your device.

6. Videos of Rotuma Island (Credits : Terry Gilsenan, Tristan Petueli)