Fakamālo atu kia te koutou uma! Keen to impress your colleagues during Tokelau Language Week? Try out this office banter 🇹🇰
Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Public Policy Offices
Wellington, Wellington 15,065 followers
We are confident in our endeavours, we are thriving, resilient and prosperous Pacific Aotearoa.
About us
We pride ourselves on the knowledge that we are part of a story of Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand that goes back many hundreds of years, and reaches across many thousands of miles. Our job is to write the next chapter of this story for our people. We see our connection to the Pacific community, therefore, as being at the intersection between centuries of history and culture, and the future Aotearoa New Zealand. In everything we do, we take our families and communities with us. Whenever we are in meetings with other Agencies, designing policy or speaking with Ministers of Parliament, we take our communities into the room with us. We can do this because of the time we spend nurturing our relationships with our people. These relationships are crucial to what we do and enable us to prioritise the changes that will ensure more of our Pacific people can lead fulfilling lives. Whether it is accessing life changing learning opportunities, help finding jobs to support their families, or having their voice heard in government decisions that affect Pacific communities, we walk alongside our people and empower them to change their lives.
- Website
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http://www.mpp.govt.nz
External link for Ministry for Pacific Peoples
- Industry
- Public Policy Offices
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Wellington, Wellington
- Type
- Government Agency
Locations
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Primary
Level 2 101-103 The Terrace.
PO Box 833 Wellington 6140
Wellington, Wellington 6011, NZ
Employees at Ministry for Pacific Peoples
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Georgina Geotina
Change Leader | Learning and Organisational Development | Human Resources Advisor | Rider Against Cancer
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Anton Mulitalo Carter
Central Regional Manager at Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs
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Divya Unnikrishnan
Strategic Communications Specialist | Team Building and Leadership | Advocacy and Public Affairs | Championing Social Impact
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Hazel San Roman (Ryan)
Supporting revitalisation of our precious Pacific languages
Updates
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Learn some Gagana Tokelau to use this week! Save this post and try these Tokelau phrases throughout the week, and find more language resources here: https://bit.ly/3NCjWHr #TokelauLanguageWeek2024
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Fakamālo atu kia te koutou uma 👋 Tokelau Language Week is almost here, and resources are now available to help you celebrate: https://bit.ly/3NCjWHr This year, the community have chosen the theme "Tokelau, tāofi mau tau aganuku, ko tō pale tēnā", which translates to "Tokelau, holdfast to your culture, that is your crown".
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The founder of a growing Pacific-inspired slow fashion label is excited to be showcasing her range at the upcoming Pacific Fusion Fashion Show 👗 Diana Malaki-Williams is the founder of Lupesina with love, and her contemporary takes on Samoan patterns and garments have won her fans in NZ and the Pacific. Find out more about Diana and the Pacific Fusion Fashion Show: https://bit.ly/3Yisw2Y
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Losi Kapagahemata Tupu's Niuean heritage is his link to his grandparents, and to Niue itself 🌺 "When I miss my grandparents, I often sing traditional songs and hymns as a way of remembering them and honouring their legacy." For Losi, his Niuean identity is "a layer of yourself that enables you to define who you are and articulate why you do things the way that you do." For #NiueLanguageWeek, Losi calls on "all Niue people, regardless of your level of fluency and knowledge, that this week becomes a challenge. Set little goals for yourself and take what you learn this year during Niue Language Week, teach that next year and build from there. This is your language, if you have Niuean blood you are Niuean. Full stop."
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Do you have experience running Pacific language initiatives? Apply now for the Pacific Languages Community fund 🌺 The fund could help you create new Pacific language resources, language learning opportunities or other language projects. Read the full criteria and apply at https://bit.ly/3UeAEQT
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Fakaalofa lahi atu! Faahi Tapu he Vagahau Niue – Niue Language Week is here 🌺 Celebrate Niue language and culture all week with events across the country, language resources and more. Head to our website to find ways you can get involved: https://bit.ly/3CHE9XQ #NiueLanguageWeek2024
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Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a mutolu oti! 👋 Niue Language Week is almost here! The celebration starts this Sunday 13 October, and resources are now available on our website to help you celebrate the week: https://bit.ly/3CHE9XQ 🎉 The community's chosen theme for 2024 is "Leveki mo e Feaki e Vagahau Niue ma Anoiha - protect and nurture Vagahau Niue for the future'. 🌺
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Melanie Rayasi is proud of her heritage, especially during Fijian Language Week 🌺 With her parents hailing from the villages of Qalikarua, Matuku and Dratabu, Nadi, Melanie sees this week as a chance to "highlight our rich and vibrant culture to the whole of New Zealand and those overseas". ➡️ "I would love to see my cousins, nephews, nieces, and myself - and all New Zealand Fijians - fluent in our mother tongue." #FijianLanguageWeek2024