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Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week

Vaiaso o te Gana Tuvalu – Tuvalu Language Week

Celebrate: 29 September – 5 October.

The 2024 theme for Tuvalu Language Week is currently awaiting confirmation from the Tuvalu community. Please stay tuned for further announcements. 

More resources for Tuvalu Language Week, including social media graphics and posters will be uploaded before the language week takes place, so check back for more soon!

Tuvalu Webtile

Tuvalu Language Week Funding Recipients

Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2022:

Organisation/Group Name

Location

 Approved Amount

Language

Initiative focus

Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust 

Auckland

20,300.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through digital/online learning, arts and crafts, dance, music, oratory and community awareness events

Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi

Christchurch

8,000.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through traditional dance, oratory, music, arts and crafts and community awareness events

Tuvalu For All Trust 

Wellington 

4,200.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through digital/online learning and arts and crafts

Tuvalu Dunedin Community 

Dunedin

3,987.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory and sports

Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay 

Hawkes Bay

3,200.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through arts and crafts, music, oratory, dance, digital/online learning; and community awareness events

Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust 

Manawatu-Whanganui

3,000.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through music, dance, oratory and community awareness events

Tuvalu Hamilton Community Association 

Hamilton

1,800.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through traditional dance, arts and crafts, music, and oratory

 

Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2021:

Organisation/Group Name

Location

 Approved Amount

Language

Initiative focus

Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust

Palmerston North

5,000.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling

Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi

Christchurch

15,000.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking, dance, and music

Tagata Tuvalu Trust

Otaki

8,800.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling

Taulanga Malie Reformed Christian Church Trust in Tauranga

Tauranga

5,000.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft

Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust

Auckland

20,850.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music

Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay

Napier

3,500.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling and intergenerational passing of knowledge from Elders to Youth

Tuvalu Community Tauranga

Tauranga

5,100.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance and music

Tuvalu Dunedin Community

Dunedin

3,925.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning classes for beginners

Tuvalu For All Trust

Wellington

6,350.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, cooking, weaving, arts and craft, dance, music and developed language learning online resources

Tuvalu Whangarei Community

Whangarei

4,500.00

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poems, arts and craft, dance and music

Victoria University Pasifika Student Council

Wellington

1,030

Te Gana Tuvalu

Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, poems, arts and craft, dance and music