TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK 2016 – NATIONAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Hā
23 Kaununu
(Sunday 23 October) / NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST ON TE VAGANA TOKELAU RADIO PROGRAMME / 4pm – 8pm / Niu FM / 531pi / Fala Iosua
+64 21 182 1999
Wellington
INTER-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SERVICE TO
LAUNCH TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK 2016 / 10am-12pm / Te Papalaulelei Church,
1 Commerce Cres, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Auckland
COMBINED CHURCH SERVICE TO CELEBRATE TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK / 1.00pm / PIC Church, Grey Lynn / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924

Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Gafua 24 Kaununu
(Monday24 October) / Wellington
FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY / 10.00am- 12pm / Pahina o Tokelau Community Church, 13 Kivell St, Porirua / Theresa Kele
+64 27 237 8288
Auckland
RAISING OF THE TOKELAU FLAG HUA CEREMONY
Guest speakers Judith Huntsman and Dr Robyn Hooper / 9.00am / TBC / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924

Dunedin
FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY FOR THE TOKELAU DUNEDIN COMMUNITY.
  • Followed by a day of games, sharing traditional fishing and weaving skills and knowledge, weaving, and Tokelau cuisine.
/ All day event / TBC / Pua Iaheto
+64 27 5533 910
Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Lua 25 Kaununu
(Tuesday 25 October) / Wellington
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY TOKELAU STUDENTS CELEBRATION
Tokelau Students Association of Victoria University of Wellington – Te Namo / 10.00am –12.00pm / Wan Solwara Space, Level 2, Kelburn Library,
Victoria University
Wellington / James Ateli Perez
+64 27 427 1158
FLAGRAISING CEREMONY
Matiti Tokelau Akoga Kamata and Kaiga Nukunonu Flag Raising Ceremony / 10.00am – 12.00pm / Matiti Akoga Tokelau ECE
Naenae
Lower Hutt / Etevise Taunana
04 939 3630
Auckland
Open Day / 9.00am – 6.00pm / Mataliki Tokelau Akoga Kamata / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924
Rotorua
TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK WITH A FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY / 3.00pm / Crypt Hall,
Rotorua / Simona Apete
(07) 345 8327
Or Vaha Tuielu
(07) 349 6568

Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Lulu 26 Kaununu
(Wednesday 26 October) / Wellington
TOKELAU ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 10.00 – 11.30am
1.00pm – 2.30pm / Te Papalaulelei Church Hall, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
TOKELAU MYTHS & LEGENDS
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 4.00pm – 5.00pm / Cannons Creek Library, Warspite Avenue, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
Auckland
VILLAGE LED PROGRAMME WITH WORKSHOPS ON TRADITIONAL CULTURAL SKILLS / 9am – 5.30pm / Auckland Tokelau
Mataliki Tokelau Akoga Kamata / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924
Rotorua
TOKELAU WORKSHOPS – SHOWCASE OF TOKELAU ARTS & CRAFTS / 3.00pm / Crypt Hall, Rotorua / Simona Apete
(07) 345 8327
Or Vaha Tuielu
(07) 349 6568

Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Tofi 27 Kaununu
(Thursday 27 October) / Wellington
TOKELAU ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 10.00 – 11.30am
1.00pm – 2.30pm / Te Papalaulelei Church Hall, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
TOKELAU MYTHS & LEGENDS
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 4.00pm – 5.00pm / Cannons Creek Library, Warspite Avenue, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
Auckland
Open Day – relaxed programme / 9.00am – 6.00pm / Mataliki Tokelau AkogaKamata / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924
Rotorua
TOKELAU WORKSHOPS – SHOWCASE OF TOKELAU ARTS & CRAFTS / 3.00pm / Crypt Hall, Rotorua / Simona Apete
(07) 345 8327
Or Vaha Tuielu
(07) 349 6568

Dunedin
ZUMBA TOKELAU MUSIC AND STYLE / 6.00pm / Pua Iaheto
+64 27 5533 910
Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Falaile 28 Kaunuku
(Friday 28 October) / Wellington
NAENAE TOKELAU PLAY DAY
Free fun, early learning activities and free food
A collaborative community initiative - Early Learning / 9.30am – 12.30pm / Te Umiumiga Tokelau Hall,
14 Clendon Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt / Poulima Mavaega
+64 27 237 8288
KOA O TOKELAU | TREASURES OF TOKELAU
To preserve our beloved heritage, this is the opportunity for the elders to embrace the contemporary, and the young to honour the traditional by coming together to flourish in the treasure of Tokelau. / Stalls:
10.00 – 4.30pm
Concert:
6.30 – 8.30pm / Pataka Art + Museum
Film fest, groups and bands, Vania Toloa.Gold coin entry / Moses Viliamu
+64 21 211 3008
TOKELAU ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 10.00 – 11.30am
1.00 – 2.30pm / Te Papalaulelei Church Hall, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
TOKELAU MYTHS & LEGENDS
Mafutaga Tupulaga Tokelau i Porirua (Porirua Sharks) / 4.00pm – 5.00pm / Cannons Creek Library, Warspite Avenue, Porirua / Helen Kisona
+64 204 0328702
Veronica Vaovasa
+64 27 385 3628
Rotorua
50TH JUBILEE FOR TOKELAU ROTORUA / 3.00pm / Mata Atua Marae, Rotorua / Simona Apete
(07) 345 8327
Or Vaha Tuielu
(07) 349 6568

Day / Event description / Time / Location / Contact person
Aho Tōnai 29 Kaununu
(Saturday 29 October) / Wellington
PO FATELE / 11.00am / Te Papalaulelei Church, Commerce Crescent, Porirua / Theresa Kele
+64 27 237 8288
Auckland
CLOSING CELEBRATION AND PO FATELE / 9.00am – 3pm
3pm – 6pm
6pm – 12am / Auckland Tokelau
Mataliki Tokelau Akoga Kamata / Sulata Foai-Amiatu
+64 21 585 924
Rotorua
CLOSING CELEBRATION OF THE TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK / 10.0am / Cook Islands Hall, Rotorua / Simona Apete
(07) 345 8327
Or Vaha Tuielu
(07) 349 6568

Dunedin
CLOSING TOKELAU LANGUAGE WEEK WITH CULTURAL DANCE “PO FATELE”.
Light supper provided by the community / 5.00pm / Pua Iaheto
+64 27 5533 910