Stay tuned for the release of themes and resources for each language week, which will be available closer to the celebrations.
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Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
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Opening Tuvalu Church Congregational |
12pm - 8pm |
Online |
Opening service live from Tuvalu Auckland Congregations |
|
Opening Church Service |
10am - 4pm |
Tuvalu Christian Church Wellington (TCCW) Hall 4 Loongana Steet Porirua |
Church Service with Tuvalu communities in Porirua |
|
Opening of Tuvalu Language Week |
11:30am – 4:00pm |
Levin Uniting Church 87 Oxford Street, Levin |
Service (Tuvalu community) Lunch Singing hymns |
|
Opening Church Service |
2pm - 4.30pm |
Hastings District Council 207 Lyndon Road Hastings |
Opening services in Hastings |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Kids Tuvalu Book reading |
8am | National |
Streaming live on PMN |
|
Flag Raising |
8-10am |
Porirua Peace Memorial - Flag Raising (Porirua) |
Flag raising for the communities |
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Flag Raising |
10am-12pm |
Kainga Pasifika Services Hastings 4 Tenby Terrace Flaxmere |
Flag raising for the communities |
| Arts & Crafts– Traditional Music/ Songs |
10am-12pm |
Pātaka Art + Museum Cnr Norrie & Parumoana Streets Porirua |
Traditional arts and crafts |
|
Arts & Crafts– Traditional Music/ Songs |
6pm-10pm |
Kainga Pasifika Services Hastings 4 Tenby Terrace Flaxmere |
Communities |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Taumatua crafts display & entertainment |
10am-2pm |
Auckland |
Delivered by the Nukulaelae community |
|
Kids Tuvalu Book reading |
8am | National | Streaming live on PMN |
|
Cultural Knowledge / Story / History Independence |
10am-2pm |
Tuvalu Christian Church Wellington (TCCW) Hall 4 Loongana Street Porirua |
Communities |
|
Arts – Traditional Music/Songs |
10am-12pm |
Pātaka Art + Museum Cnr Norrie & Parumoana Streets Porirua |
Communities |
|
Arts & Crafts– Traditional Music/ Songs |
10am-2pm |
Kainga Pasifika Services Hastings 4 Tenby Terrace Flaxmere |
Communities |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Kids Tuvalu Book reading |
8am | National | Streaming live on PMN |
|
Arts – Traditional Music/ Songs |
10am-2pm |
Kainga Pasifika Services Hastings 4 Tenby Terrace Flaxmere |
Communities |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Kids Tuvalu Book readings |
8am | National | Stream live on PMN |
|
Display of Arts |
9am-4pm |
Pātaka Art + Museum Cnr Norrie & Parumoana Streets |
Contemporary jewellery. Home décor. Fou making. Children's programme. |
|
Arts – Traditional Music/ Songs |
10am-2pm |
Kainga Pasifika Services Hastings 4 Tenby Terrace Flaxmere |
Communities |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Tuvalu language programme |
3pm-4.30pm |
Pacific Health Plus |
|
|
Tuvalu Indoor Activities |
4pm-8pm |
Auckland | Communities |
|
Health Workshop |
7pm-9pm |
Tuvalu Christian Church Wellington (TCCW) Hall |
Health workshop delivered in the Tuvaluan language |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Celebration of Tuvalu Independence Anniversary in Hastings |
8:30am – 5:00pm |
Te Aranga Marae 18 Boston Cres Hastings |
|
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Closing of Tuvalu Language Week |
9am-4pm |
YMCA Massey, 545 Don Buck Rd, Massey, Auckland |
Tuvalu community celebrations of Independence and closing of TLW |
|
Closing of Tuvalu Language Week |
9am – 3pm |
Te Aranga Marae 18 Boston Crescent Flaxmere |
Combined with Levin Tuvalu Community |
|
Event |
Time |
Location |
Description |
|
Closing of Tuvalu Language Week in Hastings |
11:00 am – 3:00 pm |
Te Aranga Marae 18 Boston Cres Hastings |
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Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2024:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Mahu Vision Community |
Auckland |
$2,745.72 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through dance and music. |
|
Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust |
Auckland |
$22,250 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through traditional dance, community awareness events, oratory, and music. |
|
Manawatu Tuvalu Community |
Manawatu |
$4,000 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning classes and community awareness events. |
|
Tuvalu For All Trust |
Wellington |
$6,570 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, community awareness events, and music. |
|
Tagata Tuvalu Trust |
Manawatu-Whanganui |
$4,500 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning classes and community awareness events. |
|
Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay |
Hawkes Bay |
$3,500 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning classes and community awareness events. |
|
Kaiga Tuvalu Otago |
Otago |
$5,015 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning classes and community awareness events. |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2023:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
| Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay Association | Hawkes Bay | $3,000 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, and music |
| Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi Community Incorporated | Canterbury | $7,700 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through dance and music |
| Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust | Auckland | $23,550 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through traditional dance, community awareness events, oratory, and music |
| Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust | Manawatu | $3,765 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through music, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, and community awareness events |
| Tuvalu For All Trust | Wellington | $6,700 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, community awareness events, and music |
| Tagata Tuvalu Trust | Manawatu-Whanganui | $4,400 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through oratory, and traditional dance |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2022:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust |
Auckland |
20,300.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through digital/online learning, arts and crafts, dance, music, oratory and community awareness events |
|
Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi |
Christchurch |
8,000.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through traditional dance, oratory, music, arts and crafts and community awareness events |
|
Tuvalu For All Trust |
Wellington |
4,200.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through digital/online learning and arts and crafts |
|
Tuvalu Dunedin Community |
Dunedin |
3,987.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory and sports |
|
Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay |
Hawkes Bay |
3,200.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through arts and crafts, music, oratory, dance, digital/online learning; and community awareness events |
|
Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust |
Manawatu-Whanganui |
3,000.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through music, dance, oratory and community awareness events |
|
Tuvalu Hamilton Community Association |
Hamilton |
1,800.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through traditional dance, arts and crafts, music, and oratory |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2021:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust |
Palmerston North |
5,000.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling |
|
Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi |
Christchurch |
15,000.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking, dance, and music |
|
Tagata Tuvalu Trust |
Otaki |
8,800.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling |
|
Taulanga Malie Reformed Christian Church Trust in Tauranga |
Tauranga |
5,000.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft |
|
Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust |
Auckland |
20,850.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay |
Napier |
3,500.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling and intergenerational passing of knowledge from Elders to Youth |
|
Tuvalu Community Tauranga |
Tauranga |
5,100.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Tuvalu Dunedin Community |
Dunedin |
3,925.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning classes for beginners |
|
Tuvalu For All Trust |
Wellington |
6,350.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking, weaving, arts and craft, dance, music and developed language learning online resources |
|
Tuvalu Whangarei Community |
Whangarei |
4,500.00 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poems, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Victoria University Pasifika Student Council |
Wellington |
1,030 |
Te Gana Tuvalu |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poems, arts and craft, dance and music |
