Data protects and preserves our languages Hei tautiaki tēnei mea te raraunga i ō tātou reo
Data helped Mele Nemaia and the Vagahau Niue Trust to support the opening of the first bilingual teaching unit at Favona School.
Data protects and preserves our languages Hei tautiaki tēnei mea te raraunga i ō tātou reo
Data helped Mele Nemaia and the Vagahau Niue Trust to support the opening of the first bilingual teaching unit at Favona School.
Data protects and preserves our languages Hei tautiaki tēnei mea te raraunga i ō tātou reo
As the Niue population of New Zealand has grown, the Vagahau Niue Trust has focussed on the retention, protection and development of Niue language.
But despite this population growth, census information showed the number of people speaking Niue in New Zealand was actually declining.
Mele Nemaia and the Vagahau Niue Trust used this information to help open the first bilingual language unit at Favona School. Here, children are learning to speak Niue and connect with their culture, which helps the whole Niue community thrive and move forward.
Mele Fakatali Tiakia Nemaia: [speaking in Vagahau Niue] My name is Mele Fakatali Tiakia Nemaia.
There was a lot of information collected through data, in regards to information about the people of Niue. It informed us that there is an increase of Niue people living in Auckland. And it also informed us that there is a decline of Niue people who can understand and speak the Niue language.
The Vagahau Niue Trust was established in 2010. In 2022, this year, we were blessed to have two Vagahau Niue classes and they were launched and blessed with a given name Manako Lahi-Mokoina ke he Vagahau Niue.
The data collected gave us an opportunity for our language to grow and let us move forward.
The data collected gave us an opportunity for our language to grow and let us move forward.
Mele Fakatali Tiakia Nemaia
Vagahau Niue Trust
