Salat se Rotuma - Passage to Rotuma

Former pop singer Ngaire Fuata grew up in Whakatāne thinking she was Māori. Her father Fu, from the tiny Pacific island of Rotuma — population 2000 — had long given up explaining where it was (even to his Dutch wife Marion). In this Tagata Pasifika documentary, Ngaire’s beloved father takes ill, so she visits his birthplace with her eight-year-old daughter Ruby. One flight to Nadi, a drive to Suva and a three-day boat ride later, they reach the island during the magical Fara season. Salat marked the documentary directing debut of Whole of the Moon actor Nikki Si'ulepa. 

I wrote to my mum, I met this boyfriend and the sunshine was coming out of his eyes.

– Marion Fuata

Key Cast & Crew

Nikki Si'ulepa

Director, Camera, Sound

Debbie Matthews

Editor

Ngaire Fuata

Subject, Production Manager

Stephen Stehlin

Producer

Kathryn Graham

Network Executive

Paora Maxwell

Executive Producer