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| Event | Description | Time and Location | Host |
| Opening Church Service | Tokelau Language Week opening |
10am Carisbrook School Hall 217 South Road, Caversham, Dunedin |
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
| Opening Ceremony for Tokelau Language Week | Opening Church Service |
11am - 4pm City District Council of Hastings |
Tokelau Kei Ola Hastings |
| Lotu Fakatahi Combined Church Service | Opening Church Service |
12pm - 2pm Grey Lynn PIC 487 Gt North Road |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Event | Description | Time and location | Host |
| Tokelau educational workshops | Fatele lessons (dance), Arts and crafts, storytelling and Tokelau indoor games |
9am - 3pm Camberley Community Center 703 Kiwi Street, Camberley, Hastings |
Tokelau Kei Ola Hastings |
| Workshops |
Workshops on traditional Tokelauan activities: Apa and pokihi drumming |
10am Carisbrook School Hall 217 South Road, |
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
| Hihiga o te Fuka | Flag Raising |
10am - 4pm Grey Lynn PIC 487 Gt North Road, |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Na Talanoaga Mo Te Ola Maloloina (Health & Wellbeing) | Promoting Gagana & Aganuku Tokelau holistic health & wellbeing through story telling & fatele |
5pm - 8pm Pataka, Porirua |
Te Kaiga Fakaoho I Ueligitone- |
| Event | Description | Time and location | Host |
| Talikilagi Nukunono day | Nukunono Celebration Day |
10am - 4pm St Anne's Catholic Church Hall 126 Russell Road, |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Nukunonu Heritage and Cultural Day | A Nukunonu Heritage and Cultural that will host sessions on women's and men's heritage arts, oratory, traditional songs and dance as well as traditional fishing techniques. |
11am - 4pm Te Umiumiga a Tokelau Hutt Valley Hall |
Nukunonu Wellington Community |
| Event | Description | Time and location | Host |
| Tugaki ke Olatia Tokelau Rugby League Mafutaga | Led by Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau Auckland MTTA |
10am - 2pm Grey Lynn PIC |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Zumba Evening | Health and Wellbeing activity |
5pm PTO Caversham |
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
| Event | Description | Time and location | Host |
| Atafu Mulihetu Day | Cultural day for Atafu |
9am - 3pm Grey Lynn PIC |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Event | Description | Time and Location | Host |
| Fakaofo Day | Cultural day |
9am - 3pm Grey Lynn PIC |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Quiz Night | Tokelau language learning and hymn competitions |
4.30pm - 7pm 14 Diaz Drive, Flaxmere, Hastings |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
| Quiz Night | Testing knowledge on what has been learnt during TLW |
6pm PTO Caversham |
Dunedin Tokelau Community |
| Event | Description | Time and location | Host |
| Cultural Event | Closing of Tokelau Language Week |
8.30am - 6pm Flaxmere Park |
Tokelau Kei Ola Hastings |
|
Te Kaiga Fakaofo Fatele Celebrations |
Celebration of Gagana Tokelau though traditional knowledge, fateles songs, storytelling and children’s speeches |
11am - 4pm Te Umiumiga a Tokelau Hutt Valley Hall 14 Clendon Street, Naenae |
Te Kaiga Fakaofo I Ueligitone- |
| Nukunonu Celebration Day | A traditional fatele dancing showcase between Amelika and Egelani team performances, embracing youth cultural talents to officially close the Tokelau Language Week 2025 |
11am - 4pm Te Umiumiga a Tokelau Hutt Valley Hall 14 Clendon Street, Naenae |
Nukunonu Tokelau Wellington Society |
| Closing Fatele celebrations |
Closing of Tokelau Language Week |
TBC Carisbrook School Hall |
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
| Aho Fakatahiga | Combined celebration - Closing Tokelau Language Week |
11am - 5pm Lady Siotara Hall |
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tokelau Language Week preparations in 2024:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Auckland Tokelau Society Inc |
Auckland |
$10,000 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through Cultural and traditional practices. |
|
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
Dunedin |
$5,760 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through music, Conversational classes, Dance, Cultural and Traditional practices, Oratory, Arts and Craft, Creating resources and Health, Sports and Fitness and Wellbeing. |
|
Te Kaiga Fakaofo Ueilgitone Inc |
$4,800 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through Arts and Crafts, Conversational classes, Dance, Cultural and Traditional practices, Church resources and Oratory. |
|
|
Nukunonu Tokelau Society Wellington Inc |
Wellington |
$8,150 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through music, Conversational classes, Dance, Cultural and Traditional practices, Oratory, Arts and Craft, Creating resources and Health and Wellbeing. |
|
Te Umuimiga A Tokelau Ganaga Tokelau |
$8,000 | Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through conversational classes |
|
|
Tokelau Wellington Leadership Group |
Wellington |
$6,440 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional dance and music and community awareness events. |
|
Mafutaga Tokelau I Manawatu |
Manawatu | $12,000 | Te Gagana Tokelau |
Launch of Tokelau Language week, Language learning through conversational classes. |
|
Tokelau Wairarapa Community Group |
Wairarapa | $1,000 | Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through community awareness events |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tokelau Language Week preparations in 2023:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
| Fakaofo Community Rotorua | Bay of Plenty | $3,400 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, and music |
| Auckland Tokelau Society incorporated | Auckland | $11,150 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through dance and music |
| Tokelau Wellington Leadership Group | Wellington | $8,600 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional dance, community awareness events, oratory, and music |
| Nukunonu Tokelau Wellington Society Incorporated | Wellington | $12,600 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through music, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, and community awareness events |
| Matua Tokelau Hutt Valley | Wellington | $2,200 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, community awareness events, and music |
| Te Kaiga o Fakaofo i Ueligitone Incorporated | Wellington | $1,500 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through oratory, and traditional dance |
| Mafutaga Tokelau i Manawatu (MTiM) | Manawatu | $3,020 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through geneology, traditional costume making, story telling and learning traditonal song and dance |
| Tokelau Community Dunedin Society | Otago | $5,250 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional dance, oratory and music |
| Atafu Tokelau Community Group Inc | Wellington | $2,000 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through Fatele workshops, traditional performances and storytelling. |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tokelau Language Week preparations in 2022:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Tokelau Wellington Leadership Group |
Wellington |
12,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through oratory, community awareness events, digital/online learning and traditional dance |
|
Auckland Tokelau Society incorporated |
Auckland |
11,750.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through arts and craft, traditional dance, digital/online learning, music and oratory |
|
Nukunonu Tokelau Society Wellington Incorporated |
Wellington |
10,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through oratory, digital/online learning, arts and crafts, community awareness events, traditional dance, music and history and culture |
|
Tokelau Community Dunedin Society |
Dunedin |
5,600.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through oratory, traditional dance, music, arts and crafts and community awareness events |
|
Fakaofo Rotorua Community |
Bay of Plenty |
5,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through music, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts and cooking traditional food |
|
Tokelau Hawkes Bay |
Hawkes Bay |
4,775.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional dance, music, oratory, arts and crafts and community awareness events |
|
Te Kaiga Fakaofo I Ueligitone Incorporated |
Wellington |
3,540.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional costume making and arts and crafts |
|
Mafutaga Tokelau i Manawatu |
Manawatu |
2,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through traditional dance, music, community awareness events, oratory, arts and crafts and digital/online learning |
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tokelau Language Week preparations in 2021:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
|
Auckland Tokelau Society Incorporated (ATSI) |
Auckland |
10,950.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, dance and music |
|
Mafutaga a te Kaifenua Tokelau i Rotorua |
Rotorua |
5,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Mafutaga Tokelau i Manawatu (MTiM) |
Palmerston North |
6,500.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Matiti Tokelau Akoga Kamata |
Wellington |
5,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, and poems |
|
Nukunonu Tokelau Wellington Society Incorporated |
Wellington |
5,720.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
PACIFICA Inc. Wellington Central Branch |
Wellington |
3,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Taupo Tokelau Community |
Taupo |
9,469.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, intergenerational passing knowledge from Elders to young people, dance and music |
|
Te Kaiga Fakaofo I Ueligitone Inc |
Wellington |
3,500.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, dance and music |
|
Tokelau Community Christchurch |
Christchurch |
500.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through events |
|
Tokelau Hawkes Bay |
Napier |
2,000.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Victoria University Tokelau Student Association |
Wellington |
3,050.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music |
|
Whaitu A Tokelau Dunedin |
Dunedin |
4,950.00 |
Te Gagana Tokelau |
Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling |
