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Press Release – New Zealand Government Kiribati is on the frontline of Climate Change and language will keep its people rooted to their land and tradition in the coming crisis, said the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio. Our Pacific nations are the first to feel the impacts … Kiribati is on the frontline of Climate Change and language will keep its people rooted to their land and tradition in the coming crisis, said the Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio. “Our Pacific nations are the first to feel the impacts of climate change. Kiribati is home to around 116,...

Why is a minority still threatened by the use of the Māori language?

When Maturo ‘Matty’ Siaosi arrived in New Zealand from Samoa on a rugby scholarship he was just 17 and struggled to speak English. On Thursday he shared his first language with South Canterbury.

​There are few other Tusi Fa'alupegas that have been released, but Tomoniko says what makes this manuscript interesting is that it was bilingual.

Today's launch of Samoa Language Week highlights the importance of language in providing a foundation for Pacific wellbeing, said Minister for Pacific...