HomeNewsAboutCommunitiesSearchSchoolsInteractGatewayHelp
 UsernamePassword       Need a password?  Register here
Maori Language

  Pasifika Education Community News   
Tell us about inappropriate material
What’s newCommunity Facilitator’s choiceEventsMessages  
Email the Pasifika Education Community Facilitator. Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula Vinaka and welcome to the Pasifika Education Community News page. We value your feedback and ideas, and invite you to contact us at temako.orzecki@tki.org.nz

This page keeps you up-to-date with information and resources relevant to the teaching and learning of Pasifika education.

Use the buttons on the right-hand side of the page and the quick search facility to access Pasifika education resources. News on this page includes recent material on TKI, a facilitator’s selection, a list of events, and community notices. Scroll down or use the above four links to the sub-headings.

We welcome your contribution to the ongoing success of this community through your contact with TKI Community Facilitator.

Select the Pasifika Calendar link on the right hand side of this page to view Pasifika events. Events are updated regularly. If you have an event you would like included email us.

Note also the three curriculum items immediately below and check these regularly for updates.

The New Zealand Curriculum. The New Zealand Curriculum
Explore The New Zealand Curriculum online and the related resources and support materials. This revised curriculum will become mandatory from February 2010. Keep an eye on What’s new? and see what is happening in schools.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz

Te Kete Ipurangi - TKI.

LEAP
LEAP (Language Enhancing the Achievement of Pasifika) is a professional learning resource developed for NZ teachers at all school levels who work with bilingual Pasifika students in English medium classes. It may also be useful to teachers of bilingual classes who use a Pasifika language as the medium of instruction.
http://leap.tki.org.nz/


Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, the new Māori curriculum document, is currently being distributed to all Māori-medium schools. The document was launched on 26 September 2008. Explore the online community for Te Kaupapa Marautanga o Aotearoa.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/marautanga/index_m.php

  What’s new   

Pasifika Digital Legends icon.

Pasifika Digital Legends
View Pasifika Digital Legends site, via the updated link in Pasifika Resources. Pasifika Digital Legends are traditional Pacific stories re-told by New Zealand secondary students using different media including mini-movies.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/pasifika/digital_legends/
22-05-2009


Ministry of Education logo.

I-E-Ko-Ko: An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori (PDF 7.3MB)
Explore I-E-Ko-Ko! An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori. This new multi-media resource supports the teaching and learning of Cook Islands Māori as an additional language at Years 7 & 8.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/i-e-ko-ko.pdf
23-04-2009


Ministry of Education icon.

Tongan in the New Zealand Curriculum (2007) (PDF 1MB)
Read the Tongan in the New Zealand Curriculum (2007); a set of guidelines for teaching and learning Tongan language and culture in early childhood settings and schools in New Zealand.
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/pasifika/pdf/tongan-lg.pdf
14-04-2009


  Community Facilitator’s choice   

ASB 2007 Polyfest image.

ASB 2009 Polyfest
Check out the Auckland 2009 Polyfest which is the largest Māori and Pacific Island cultural festival in the world. This TV2 coverage features performances from the five main stages, and includes traditional music, dance, costume, and speeches from Māori, Niue, Tonga, Cook Islands, and Sāmoa.
http://www.asbpolyfest.co.nz/


studyit.

Studyit: NCEA PASIFIKA
Encourage the Pasifika students in your class to utilise this valuable site to support them with NCEA concerns and queries
http://www.studyit.org.nz/communicate/viewtopic.php?t=11998


Te Papa icon..

Pacific Cultures: Te Papa Collections Online
Make learning exciting by incorporating some of the fascinating artifacts and specimens from different Pasifika cultures into your classroom planning.
http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Search.aspx?imagesonly=true&advanced=colCollec tionType%3a%22Pacific+Cultures%22


Peace Corps: Paul D. Coverdell World wise schools.

Tracking Turtles in the Western Pacific
View this fascinating slide show on Palau’s endangered sea turtles and the extensive effort that has been done to protect them from being hunted, eaten and having their nesting habitats disrupted.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/slideshows/pal_klain.cfm?cid=wwssldklain


NZ Maths image.

Information for Pasifika Families: nzmaths
Make maths fun by helping your children to count and use numbers from this section of the nzmaths website. Have a go at some of the activities in your own Pasifika language
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/families/Pasifika.aspx


wickED: Survival on Niu Island. wickED
Check out these Pasifika learning games from the WickED website. Survival on Niu Island is set in the year 2170 on a desert island. To survive you must be resourceful. Learn about symmetry using using Pasifika patterns.
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/wick_ed/index.php

Back to top.

  Events   

Events are now listed on the TKI Pasifika calendar, see right-hand navigation bar.

Pasifika Education Community Radio programs
See a list of the Ministry’s community radio programmes, which includes key contacts for each programme. Currently all radio shows are hosted by members of the Ministry’s Pasifika Advisory Group or local Pasifika Reference groups. This gives them the opportunity to report back to their communities as well as to gather education issues.

  Messages   
Back to top.

Supporting Pasifika languages
Tokelauan in the New Zealand Curriculum was launched 28 May 2009. Ta'iala le Gagana Samoa; The Gagana Samoa Guidelines are due to be launched later this year along with the supporting multi-media resource, Mua Ou! An Introduction to Gagana Samoa.

The Cook Islands Māori multi-media language resource, I-E-Ko-Ko! An Introduction to Cook Islands Māori was launched in 2008 and is available as a pdf on this site. Both Mua Ou! and I-E-Ko-Ko! are/will be part of the Ministry's Learning Language Series. Work on the publication of the equivalent Learning Language Series resources for Tongan and vagana Niue is well under way.

Telephone Tutorial
The TKI Team would be happy to provide a tour of the website, via the telephone, at your school staff meetings or planning sessions. Contact us at tutorials@tki.org.nz if you would like to explore this option.

Pasifika

Community search
Click a category to open a menu window
Curriculum and assessment
Pedagogy and professional support

quick search for:
offline resources: exclude include
Essentials

The New Zealand Curriculum

Pasifika Education Plan button

LEAP button

Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

Calendar

Key collections

Pasifika Languages

Browse Software for Learning collection

Pasifika Education: Online Research

Studyit: NCEA Pasifika

Pasifika Interactives Button

Samoa Language Resources Years 9-13

Resources

Teacher Support Services

Digistore button

LEAP button

Private areas

PSCPL Area


Assessment

National Certificate of Educational Achievement

PSCPL Area
Exemplars

Assessment Tools Search