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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Fiji Language Week Opening Service Combined Church Service |
10am, Manly Methodist Church, Auckland |
Leba Hennings |
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Community Church Service |
3pm 314 Ormond Road Manapapa, Gisborne |
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Fijian Language Week Opening Church Service |
3pm. Mt Zion AOG Church – 174 Mill Road, Alfriston, Manurewa, Auckland |
Bulou Amalaini Ligalevu-Legge |
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Opening of Fijian Language Week |
4 pm – 8 pm 75 Queens Park Drive, Burwood |
PR Banuve Dretiverata |
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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Vuli Meke |
3:30pm-5:30pm. D1 Orewa College, Auckland |
Leba Hennings |
| Fijian Language Week Programme |
4pm-8pm. Cornwall Park Meeting Room Hawkes Bay |
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| Vuli Sere |
6pm-9pm. D1 Orewa College, Auckland |
Leba Hennings |
| Fijian Display |
Northwest Library Westgate and Otahuhu Library, South Auckland |
Please visit Voqa Kei Viti E Aotearoa Facebook page for more information. |
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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Fijian Language Week programme |
4pm - 8pm Cornwall Park Meeting Room, Hawkes Bay |
Litiana Tukuca |
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Bogi ni vulici na I tovo vakaViti, vakavanua kei na kena I vakarau
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5:30 - 9:30pm Te Ora Hou Hall, Whangarei |
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Cilicilivi/ Vavinakataki nai yaya ni meke |
7pm - 9pm D1 Orewa College Auckland |
Leba Hennings |
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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Kari niu, saqa tofi kei na varautaki ni waite Fiji Touch |
3:30pm - 5pm 18 Totara Views, Red Beach, Auckland 5:30pm 7pm Metro Park, Milldale. Auckland |
Leba Hennings |
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Fijian Languager Week Programme |
4pm - 8pm Cornwall Park Meeting Room Hawkes Bay |
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Bogi ni vakaraitaki meke, sere, drama kei na I tukuni |
5.30pm - 9.30pm Te Ora Hou Hall, Whangarei |
Litiana Tukuca |
| New Life Wesleyan Church Henderson Youth Night | New Life Wesleyan Church, Henderson
Auckland |
Bulou Amalaini Ligalevu-Legge |
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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Boys Meke Showcase |
10am Northwest Library |
Leba Hennings |
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Vuli Meke with RSE |
4pm-9pm. Location TBC Hawkes Bay |
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Collaboration with Pacific Islanders Community Trust and Tautua Village Youth Programme |
3pm Level 2, Tautua Village 100 Grey Street Gisborne |
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Guest Speaker Rev Nemani Raqio |
7pm Tairawhiti Multicultural Council Hub 241 Gladstone Road Gisborne |
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Event |
Time and venue |
Contact |
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Fijian Students' Language celebration Fijian Cultural and Language Evening of Celebration/Arts |
6.30pm - 10 pm St Thomas of Canterbury College 67 – 69 Middle Park Rd Sockburn |
Mr Sai Saukuru & Carl Andrews |
Events to come.
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Fijian Language Week preparations in 2024:
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Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
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Waitaki Fijian Community |
Waitaki |
$3,200 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional cultural and arts activities and artifacts and community events. |
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Soqosoqo Ni Marama Tairawhiti (Methodist) |
Tairawhiti | $3,200 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through pertaining the Fijian culture and traditional way of life. Language learning through oratory, dance and music. |
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Southland Fijian Community Charitable Trust Language |
Southland | $2,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through language learning classes, dance and music and learning through culture and traditional protocols. |
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Rotorua Fiji Association |
Rotorua |
$3,700 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural activities, dance and music. |
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Canterbury Fiji Community |
Canterbury |
$5,340 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through dance workshops and language classes. |
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Fiji Society Hamilton |
Hamilton |
$7,800 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through intergenerational teachings from elders, language learning through culture and arts. |
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Tairawhiti Fijian Community |
Tairawhiti |
$3,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through educational activities and language learning workshops. |
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Taranaki Fiji Community |
Taranaki |
$1,500 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through bible scriptures, performing arts and through cultural practices. |
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Whanganui Fijian Community Trust |
Whanganui |
$1,700 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through language learning activities. |
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Te Waipounamu Fiji Diaspora Steering Komiti |
Te Waipounamu |
$2,940 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through language learning activities for preschools, primary and intermediate schools. |
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Taukei Education Aotearoa Trust |
Auckland |
$6,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through culture and arts, and through language learning activities. |
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Love Learning the Fijian Language & Culture |
$1,500 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through educational activities and language learning workshops. |
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Christian Mission Fellowship |
$1,700 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through song and dance, history and traditional story telling. |
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Queenstown Fijian Community Inc |
Queenstown |
$2,629 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory, culture and educational activities. |
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Vure-i-VITI |
$1,700 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through educational activities, story telling and culture and arts. |
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Dunedin Fijian Community |
Dunedin |
$3,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional dance, song and storytelling. Language learning through language workshops. |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Fijian Language Week preparations in 2022:
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Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
| Canterbury Fiji Community Inc | Canterbury | $4,500 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through dance and music |
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Hawkes Bay Fijian Community |
Hawkes Bay |
$5,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional dance, community awareness events, oratory, and music |
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Kelson Boys High School Parents Group |
Auckland |
$1,500 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through music, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, and community awareness events |
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New Life Wesleyan |
Auckland |
$4,500 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, community awareness events, and music |
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Hawkes Bay Fijian Christian Fellowship |
Hawkes Bay |
$1,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through biblical reading, song and dance. |
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Southland Fijian Community |
Southland |
$4,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory, and traditional dance |
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Waitaki Fijian Community |
Waitaki |
$7,200 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional arts and craft, oratory, dance and music |
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Fijian Media Networks Aotearoa Trust |
Auckland |
$3,400 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional dance, oratory and music |
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Fiji Society Hamilton |
Waikato |
$10,625 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through Fijian language and dance classes and arts and craft activities |
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South Canterbury Fijian Community |
South Canterbury |
$2,250 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through through arts and crafts, traditional song and dance and through Fijian games |
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Nelson I-Taukei Group |
Nelson |
$4,000 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through culture and identity, and cultural dances and traditional food. |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Fijian Language Week preparations in 2022:
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Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
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Canterbury Fiji Community Incorporated |
Christchurch |
10,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional dance, music, oratory, community awareness events and arts and crafts |
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Waitaki Fijian Community |
Oamaru |
5,150.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory, arts and crafts, music and traditional dance |
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Whanganui Fijian Community Trust |
Whanganui |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts and community awareness events |
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Hawkes Bay Fijian Community |
Hawkes Bay |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through traditional dance, arts and crafts, community awareness events, oratory, music and community awareness events |
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Fijian Marlborough Community |
Marlborough |
3,800.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory and community awareness events |
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Taranaki Fijian Community |
Taranaki |
3,475.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through oratory, arts and crafts, traditional dance, music and digital/online learning |
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Muddy Water Marines Incorporated |
Dunedin |
2,670.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language Learning through traditional dance, digital/online learning, traditional dance and community awareness events |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Fijian Language Week preparations in 2021:
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Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
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‘I Taukei kei Viti Education Aotearoa’ in association with ‘Fijian Media Network Aotearoa’ |
Auckland |
3,500.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling and dance |
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Canterbury Fiji Community Incorporated |
Christchurch |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poem, cooking and dance |
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Dunedin Fijian Community & Otago Fijian students association |
Dunedin |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, dance and develope language learning online resources |
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Fiji Marist Old Boys Association |
Auckland |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poem, cooking and dance |
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Fiji Society in Hamilton |
Hamilton |
13,600.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking and dance |
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Hawkes Bay Fijian Community |
Hastings |
1,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural performances and activities |
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New Zealand Fiji Rugby League Incorporated |
Auckland |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices and church resources |
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Pukekohe Fijian Methodist Congregation |
Auckland |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Developed language learning online resources |
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Rotorua Fijian Association |
Rotorua |
5,100.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poem, and dance |
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Soqosoqo ni Ca'audrove Waikato |
Hamilton |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices and dance |
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Vaka-viti Otautahi |
Auckland |
2,888.35 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning classes for beginners |
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Veilomani Selwyn Fijian Community |
Christchurch |
4,790.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural performances and activities |
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Victoria University Pasifika Student Council |
Wellington |
995.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poems, arts and craft, dance and music |
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Waitaki Fijian Community |
Oamaru |
5,000.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, poem, cooking and dance |
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Wellington Fijian Language Week Komiti 2021/Komiti Ni |
Wellington |
8,980.00 |
Vosa vaka-Viti |
Promoting awareness of language event |
