Guide to Pacific resources
3 December 2020
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Are you looking for resources in Pacific languages? Here’s a quick guide to where to look for the resources published by the Ministry of Education.
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3 December 2020
Are you looking for resources in Pacific languages? Here’s a quick guide to where to look for the resources published by the Ministry of Education.
5 November 2020
A tuakana programme to support oral language development in which tamariki mentor their younger peers
5 November 2020
A new resource for kaiako braids together western and Māori knowledge bases around talking and communication
8 October 2020
Children and their families are benefitting from the Pasifika Early Literacy Project (PELP)–and some Auckland teachers are finding the programme has transformed
18 September 2020
Language weeks are an opportunity for students from different ethnic groups to be proud about their cultural identities: if done well, they can foster diversity
31 July 2020
The Action Plan for Pacific Education 2020-2030 was launched at Ōtāhuhu Primary School in late July.
31 July 2020
The refreshed Ka Hikitia and Tau Mai Te Reo strategies will be front and centre of New Zealand’s education system.
10 October 2019
As the number of English language learners in our schools continues to grow, a scholarship aims to help more teachers gain tertiary TESSOL qualifications
10 October 2019
Language weeks in schools are an opportunity for students from different ethnic groups to be loud and proud about their cultural identities.
30 May 2019
Each morning as students walk through the entrance of Kaiwaka School in Kaipara, Northland, they pass a waka – Te Waka Rangimārie o Kaiwaka
2 May 2019
A student-led sign language club is helping Wellington students communicate while also raising awareness of one of New Zealand’s three official languages.
25 January 2019
A shared commitment to great curriculum learning outcomes for students saw educators from around the country getting together in 2018.
22 November 2018
The Pasifika PowerUP Plus programme is helping Pacific parents and adult family members navigate the education system
8 November 2018
You might think that speaking or studying four languages would be enough for a student in intermediate school, but an Auckland student has proved he can handle
24 September 2018
Using Mandarin vocabulary in class and in a cultural context helps Cambridge students create a deeper understanding of the language.
24 September 2018
Mandarin Language Assistants are helping to bring Chinese language learning to life in New Zealand schools.
24 September 2018
An Auckland teacher learning Mandarin at a school where almost all the children are bilingual, and most are from Asian families
24 September 2018
Mandarin language learning is opening up opportunities for students and staff at Tarawera High School.
24 September 2018
By participating in an exchange project, students are helping to consolidate a new sister-city relationship between Nelson and Yangjiang, China.
27 August 2018
Learning another language helps students gain the knowledge and skills they need in order to live, work and learn globally.
27 August 2018
Hindi Language Week is one of many opportunities schools have to celebrate diversity.
30 July 2018
Valuing Cook Islands Māori could be the key to unlocking wellbeing for children of Cook Islands descent.
30 July 2018
Tata Ru, a 40-year veteran of the Public Service, reflects on his mother tongue, the Cook Islands Māori language, and what he hopes for the language in the futu
16 July 2018
Learning English as an adult is hard work, especially for people who have never been to school before, but it is a challenge that former refugees are happy to
25 June 2018
This year’s theme for Māori Language Week, running from 10 to 16 September, is “Kia kaha te reo Māori” – “To make the language strong”.