Jenny Salesa@PES

 

In today's assembly we had the joy of having MP Jenny Salesa join us.  She shared briefly about her journey to parliament.   She was very encouraging about working hard to achieve roles and careers that would support and help our people.

Malo aupito for today.

This is report was created by Faith-Rose of Room 3, May 28th 2021.

Noi'ia from Rotuma! Rotuman language week

Noa’ia! That’s hello in the Rotuman language. My information report today will share with you some important facts about Rotuma. 

 Rotuma is located in the Southern hemisphere. To the north of Rotuma is Tuvalu, the east is Samoa, south is Fiji. West of Rotuma is Vanuatu. There are less than 2,000 people who live on Rotuma. Many more live on the local island of Fiji. Maybe this is due to more opportunities for work and education. 

 The languages spoken on Rotuma are english and rotuman. Sadly the Rotuman language is classified as endangered. There are now only 15,000 speakers of the Rotuman language in the world. 

 Rotuma and it’s language can teach us how important it is to hold onto what is our culture, language and heritage. Rotuman people are showing the need to keep our language and cultures alive. Join a club or start a group where you can practice using the language of your whanau more often. Are there already places that are using your language - join them! Create and make space for these precious opportunities to keep our languages and cultures alive.

Go here for more information on our language weeks in Aotearoa.