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Te Waka Reo: National Language Policy
ISSN 1178-0967 October, 2010
News & Issues

No more Pacific-language reading materials
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The Ministry of Education has announced that they will cease
production of the TUPU Pasifika languages series from the end of 2010.
Although the Ministry says that this is a pause in production, there
appears to be no indication of how long this pause will be.

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Fōlauga Samoan language reading resource also to be axed
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The FAGASA (Association of Teachers and Parents for the Teaching of
Samoan in New Zealand) organisation has expressed its frustration and
disappointment at the Ministry of Education’s plans to cease
publishing Fōlauga, a much needed reading resource for teaching the
Samoan language in New Zealand classrooms. This was confirmed by an
email from the Ministry of Education on Friday, 8 October to the
national president of FAGASA, Galumalemana Alfred Hunkin.

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Researchers warn that Niuean and Cook Islands Maori languages will die out
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

John McCaffery, senior lecturer at Auckland University’s education
faculty and his wife Judy Taligalu McFall-McCaffery recently presented
results of two years’ research into Pacific languages used by New
Zealanders.

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Joint Supreme winners at Maori Language Awards 2010
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The winners of the Maori Language Awards 2010 were announced at Huia
Te Reo - the annual two day Maori language expo event held by Te Taura
Whiri i te Reo Maori (The Maori Language Commission), at the Rotorua
Energy and Events Centre on October 9.

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Free places available to learn English at English Teaching College
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

ETC is offering free places for those wanting to learn English at
Intermediate level. These places are open for those who have permanent
residency or New Zealand citizenship.

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Calling interpreters who are currently working in refugee settings
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Researchers from Auckland University of Technology are interested in
your experiences in working in refugee settings. They would like to
hear from people currently working in refugee settings or who have
been working in refugee settings within the past six years.

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Interpreting NZ adds new languages, more interpreters
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Interpreting New Zealand is now able to offer interpreting services
for speakers of Juba (Sudanese) Arabic.  It has also recently
increased the number of trained Tigringa, Farsi, Samoan, Spanish,
Czech and Burmese interpreters, all of whom are available either
onsite (Wellington and Canterbury) or by telephone.

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Survey about Wellington Libraries’ ESOL collection
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

For those of you in the Wellington region, Wellington City Libraries
is conducting an adult learning customer survey to help improve their
Adult Learning/ESOL collections.

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Language teachers to gain internationally recognised qualifications
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Teacher Professional Development Languages Years 7 to 10 (TPDL) is a
year-long programme funded by the Ministry of Education. TPDL assists
existing and new teachers of languages improve their language and
culture knowledge and apply pedagogy that has a real and positive
impact on student learning.  Teachers can gain internationally
recognized language qualifications as well as accreditation in
language teaching.

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Ngā Tohu Reo Māori o Raukawa - The Raukawa Māori Language Awards 2010
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The Raukawa Māori Language Awards were recently held at Te Wānanga o
Aotearoa campus in Tokoroa. Thirteen awards from 4 main categories
(Māori Language Week, Long Term, Special Awards & Supreme Awards) were
presented throughout the night acknowledging a range of groups,
individuals and efforts supporting Māori language initiatives
throughout the wider Raukawa area. Guest speakers at the event
included Professor Tīmoti Kāretu, long time Māori language expert and
revitalisation driver, as well as Te Awanuirangi Black and Glenis
Philip Barbara (new CEO of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, The Māori
Language Commission).

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Mystique-beyond comprehension
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Mystique - beyond comprehension, an exhibition organised by Wellington
Hindi School, aims to extend people’s understanding of Indian
heritage.

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New Zealand Sign Language Teachers’ Association Conference 2010
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The 11th national NZSLTA conference will be held at the Te Aro Campus
of Victoria University, Wellington on 27-28 November 2010. The theme
of the two-day conference is ‘Challenges in Sign Language Teaching’
and will feature international and New Zealand presenters, a wine and
cheese evening and an NZSL Storyfest event.

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Samoan Language Week 2011 dates announced
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The dates for next year’s Samoan Language Week / Vaiaso o le Gagana
Sāmoa have just been announced.

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