TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

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TONGAN LANGUAGE WEEK

Tongan Language Week
Celebrate: Sunday 4 September – Saturday 10 September

This year’s theme for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga – Tonga Language Week – is: “Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tonga ‘i Aotearoa”, which means “Sustaining the Tonga Language in Aotearoa.”

Ke Tu’uloa ‘a e lea faka-Tönga′ ‘i Aotearoa has a positive and progressive connotation. To support the overarching Language Weeks theme of Sustainability, the word TU’ULOA in the theme this year means to continuously grow, nurture, and sustain a valued idea, practice, event, or memory in an enduring way.

In his acknowledgement of Tonga Language Week, Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio urges Tongans everywhere to embrace Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga, to help stop the decline in its use by the New Zealand-born Tongan population.

Activities and events will be hosted throughout Aotearoa, to embrace Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e lea faka-Tonga. Given the success of Tongan Language Week online last year, some community groups are planning to deliver their initiatives online, while the majority will be face-to-face. Many of the initiatives this year continue to focus on youth and the passing of cultural knowledge from the elders to young people. 

Bookmark this page to see the Calendar of Events when published. Stay connected online by visiting the official NZ Tonga Language Week Facebook page.

LEABANK SCHOOL PRACTICE LOCKDOWN

Leabank Primary School will be conducting a Lockdown Exercise

TODAY, FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER AT 2:00PM

Please refrain from contacting any staff at the school, as this could lead to distraction from their primary focus, which is caring for our students.  This should only take about 30 minutes and is a practice so that students and staff know what to do in an emergency. Gates will be closed and the telephone will not be answered during this time.

STAFF ONLY DAY

STAFF ONLY DAY

On Friday 17th June all staff will be involved in training and professional meetings throughout the day. This is not like Alert Level settings and is one of eight days granted to each school as part of the Primary Teachers Collective Agreement. At times we need all staff to hear the same message from training providers and can only do so as a whole staff.

School Closed Friday 17th June

 

Samoan Language Week 2022

Celebrate online: Sunday 29 May – Saturday 4 June

This year’s theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa – Samoa Language Week is Fa’aāuāu le Folauga i le Va’a o Tautai – Continue the Voyage with Competent Wayfinders of the Ocean.

As part of this year’s overarching theme of ‘Sustainability’, the Samoan community chose a theme that would reflect the journey of language revitalisation and maintenance as well as recognising the importance of having the right tools, good leadership skills, relationships and the correct medium (va’a) that is adaptable to faring the ocean and its elements.

This year marks 12 years since Samoa Language Week has been celebrated in Aotearoa New Zealand. Following on from 2021, Samoa Language Week 2022 is led by three key organisations – FAGASA, Fotu ō Malama and SAASIA.

2022 is also a significant year for the Samoan community, being the 60th anniversary of Samoa Independence. Communities are organising activities to commemorate this milestone, which coincides with Samoa Language Week.

Samoa has a unique historical relationship with New Zealand. It is the only nation that New Zealand has a Treaty of Friendship. The Treaty of Friendship between Samoa and New Zealand is about a commitment to partnership, friendship and a mutual endeavour to obtain for Tagata Samoa fuller opportunities for social progress. Language is critical in achieving this.

Below is a calendar of activities and events to be held throughout Aotearoa to embrace and celebrate Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa and the 60th Anniversary of Samoa Independence.

Stay connected online by visiting the official Gagana Samoa i Aotearoa Facebook page.