This year’s theme was prepared by Kaiga Tuvalu Otago based in Dunedin and endorsed by national leaders of the Tuvalu Language Week working group.
The community group elaborates on the theme by saying speaking your native language or dialect connects you to your ancestors and culture, creating a strong sense of belonging and pride. This helps maintain community bonds and ensures cultural traditions are passed down. Preserving one’s dialect is unique because it captures the special ways of speaking in a particular community, adding richness and diversity to the cultural tapestry.
Below are recipients of funding for community contributions towards Tuvalu Language Week preparations in 2023:
|
Organisation/Group Name |
Location |
Approved Amount |
Language |
Initiative focus |
| Tuvalu Community Hawkes Bay Association | Hawkes Bay | $3,000 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, and music |
| Tagata Tuvalu Otautahi Community Incorporated | Canterbury | $7,700 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through dance and music |
| Tuvalu Auckland Community Trust | Auckland | $23,550 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through traditional dance, community awareness events, oratory, and music |
| Manawatu Tuvalu Community Trust | Manawatu | $3,765 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through music, digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, and community awareness events |
| Tuvalu For All Trust | Wellington | $6,700 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through digital/online learning, traditional dance, arts and crafts, oratory, community awareness events, and music |
| Tagata Tuvalu Trust | Manawatu-Whanganui | $4,400 | Te Gana Tuvalu | Language learning through oratory, and traditional dance |
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 |