Tag: Pacific languages
Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
A ni-Vanuatu and Melanesian advocate in New Zealand says the country's Pacific ministry has overlooked Melanesian communities in its...
Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms...
Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e lea faka-Tonga, or Tongan Language Week, is under way with schools and community groups organising...
Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe – An exceptional Pacific life
By Rod Dixon in the Cook Islands News
Marjorie and Ron Crocombe lived up to exacting standards in their personal and professional lives and their...
Major NZ media networks collaborate to develop talented Pacific journalists
Pacific Media Network News
The number and quality of Pacific journalists are expected to rise in a never before seen collaboration between four major New...
‘Pacific studies’ proposed to be taught in NZ schools in NCEA...
By Mariner Fagaiava-Muller, RNZ Pacific journalist
"Pacific Studies" has been included in a raft of new proposed NCEA achievement standard subjects in New Zealand, now...
Samoan Language Week: A reminder of what it means to be...
COMMENT: By Vaimoana Tapalea
In Samoan Language Week, The New Zealand Herald's Vaimoana Tapaleao welcomes the revival of all things fa'asamoa.
Anyone with an ethnic name...
A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“No matter how we come to be in Fiji, or how long we have been here ...we all part of the...
Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be...
By AUT Pacific
It is Fijian Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to celebrate, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched the Fiji episode...
Looking at the realities of Pacific food security – in Tongan
The Tongan video in the AUT Pacific language series.
By AUT News
The Tonga episode in Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific language video series – Adapting...
Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched
The Cook Islands language video.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – "Adapting to a changing world, shaping...
Pacific language videos: Kiribati week highlights role of fathers
The AUT video ... first of this year's languags series.
By Simon Smith of AUT News
The Kiribati instalment in the AUT Pacific language video series...
Mixed reactions to NZ Budget initiatives for Pacific people
By RNZ Pacific
A range of initiatives for Pacific people was announced in the New Zealand Budget last week.
This Wellbeing Budget included increases in funding...
NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health
By RNZ Pacific
The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year's Budget with increases in funding for the community...
