Fewer than 1000 people in Aotearoa identify as Rotuman.
Photo: Dom Thomas
The Rotuman language is the first Pacific language to be celebrated in Aotearoa this week as part of the Ministry of Pacific Peoples (MPP) Language Weeks series.
Fewer than 1000 people in Aotearoa identify as Rotuman.
This year’s theme is “Treasure, nurture and teach our Rotuman language and culture so it may live on through generations.”
Rotuma Language Week runs from 10 to 16 May.
2026 Pacific Language Weeks dates
- Samoa Language Week – 31 May – 6 June
- Kiribati Language Week – 5 July – 11 July
- Vanuatu Language Week – 26 July – 1 August
- Cook Islands Māori Language Week – 2-8 August
- Tonga Language Week – 16-22 August
- Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week – 6-12 September
- Tuvalu Language Week – 27 September – 3 October
- Fijian Language Week – 4-10 October
- Niue Language Week – 18-24 October
- Tokelau Language Week – 25-31 October
- Solomon Islands Pidgin Language Week – 22-28 November
