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Gasav Ne Fäeag Rotuạm Ta | Rotuman Language Week

Acquisitions: ‘apei and monuma from Rotuma

In 2021, we acquired a Rotuman ‘apei sala (white mat) and monuma (blouse) for the Pacific Cultures collections. Then Curator Pacific Cultures Dr Rachel Yates reflects on the acquisition.

Fakpeje: Mạnu’ ne kav ta

‘Amnäk ne gasav ne fäeag Rotuạm ta, la a‘pumuạ‘ạkia fäegat ne hele‘uen la peak pạu ‘e laloag ne rän te‘. Jacki Leota-Mua ne garue ‘e Te Papa ma kạutạunạ‘iạg Rotuạm ne Niusirạgi (NZRF group), hö‘ạkia ‘os a‘häe se ‘os ‘ạtmot ta Rotuma, ne fu sousou ‘e Fiti la hạila‘oag ma mäel tarạu fol ma saghul (500kms). ‘Oris ‘amnạki la sạkiroa rere ne foh kav fak Rotuma. 

Rotuma’s kava ceremony

Public Programme Specialist Jacki Leota-Mua and members of the Rotuman community transport us to Rotuma, 500 kilometres north of Fiji, to discover more about the island’s kava ceremonies.

Little-known lives: Rotumans in 19th-century Aotearoa New Zealand

Senior Curator Pacific Histories and Cultures Sean Mallon shares two rare stories of Rotuman travellers who found their way to New Zealand in the early 1800s, and how a contemporary Rotuman artist has remembered one of them.

Rotuman Language Week resources from Ministry for Pacific Peoples

Downloadable resources for Rotuman Language Week, including social media graphics and posters from Te Manatū mō ngā iwi ō te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa | Ministry for Pacific Peoples' website.

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Jigsaw: Forest Scene

Forest Scene, by Nancy Adams CBE. Purchased 2007.  CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (CA000888/027/0002)

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