Rachael Mario

Rachael Mario be Rotuman New Zealand community leader, social worker, den advocate give de Rotuman language. She be Chairperson give de Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group. She sana help setup de world ein first Rotuman Community Centre insyd 2020, wer dem dey teach den promote language den culture.

Dem know Mario for ein work insyd protecting den preserving ein native indigenous Rotuman language. Insyd 2018, she form Rotuman Language Week, sam week wey dem dey take celebrate de endangered Rotuman language, wey dem now dey celebrate insyd New Zealand den Fiji insyd May. Insyd 2019, she lodge complaint plus de New Zealand Human Rights Commission against de Ministry for Pacific Peoples wey she dey allege discrimination against Rotumans by de failure say dem go recognise demma language. Other Rotuman groups accuse am of misrepresenting de community. She sana speak out in support of de issue of Fijian Hindu claims plus Pasifika, rather than sam Asian, identity. She contest de 2022 New Zealand local elections, wey she stand for sam seat for Puketāpapa Local Board top, as part of de Roskill Community Voice consortium, Mount Roskill, Auckland.

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Category:Language activists
Category:Human
Category:Living people
Category:New Zealand activists
Category:New Zealand women activists
Category:Rotuman politicians
Category:Rotuman people

 External links 

 Rotuman Language Week 2023 with Rachael Mario