Dr John Charles Fatiaki (born 1947 or 1948)[1] is a career medical practitioner who was chosen by the Rotuma Island Council to be their representative in the Fijian Senate.
[2] For the first six years of his life John Fatiaki was raised in Rotuma by his grandparents (in the style of traditional Rotuman adoption practices), where his maternal grandfather's family (Benjamin Morris clan) owned the one and only movie theater on the island.
His father, a renowned Rotuman author and educator, Aselemo Fatiaki, assigned each of his six sons an occupation to achieve at the age of twelve.
[2] Since his selection he has been active in lobbying, together with George Konrote for the removal of the Bulou ni Ceva, a Fijian sea vessel that was stranded on the reef in Rotuma, putting the local environment at risk.
[4] Dr Fatiaki also played a role in the award-winning Rotuman language film Pear ta ma 'on mafa (The Land has Eyes), which was directed by Vilsoni Hereniko.