Cook Islands Language Week 2022

Celebrate: Sunday 31 July – Saturday 6 August

This year’s theme for ‘Epetoma o te reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani – Cook Islands Language Week is ‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone o tōku ‘Ui Tupuna which means, connect me to the soil of my ancestors.

‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone o tōku ‘Ui Tupuna reflects on the journey of Cook Islands peoples in New Zealand, as well as the longing of young Cook Islanders to connect with their language, culture, and identity. Acknowledging that while community elders are fundamental to the teaching and sharing of Cook Islands language, the leadership of young people as the next wave of cultural and language experts is also critical in keeping the connection to their homelands alive.

The theme reflects the overarching 2022 Pacific Language Week theme of Sustainability, by linking the importance of language sharing and cultural heritage being handed down over generations.

In launching this year's Cook Islands Language Week, Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio said he wants the community to focus on the importance of keeping the language alive across the generations.

“It provides an opportunity to capture elders' stories for perpetuity so future generations can benefit and celebrate this indigenous knowledge,” Aupito William Sio said.

Watch this page for a calendar of activities and events to be held through Aotearoa to embrace and celebrate Cook Islands Language Week.

Stay connected online by visiting the official NZ Cook Islands Language Week Facebook page.

Calendar of Events

Events across Aotearoa - 30 July to 2 August

Date & Time	Location	Host Group	Activity	Description
All Week
TBC	Forest View High School, Baird Road, Tokoroa	Forest View High School	Ei Katu Workshop	Making Ei Katu is an activity for students to learn the significance behind this craft and head wear. Students will be learning how to create this headwear from choosing flowers, leaves, colours that match and learning how to bunch and tie them together to create an Ei Katu. Through each workshop, our Cook Islands Māori language will be used to also encourage our students to use in everyday life.
TBC	Forest View High School, Baird Road, Tokoroa	Forest View High School	Block Printing Pareu Workshop	An activity for our students to learn about the process of how these beautiful Pareu are made. This is will be taught where students will be able to print their own pareu to keep and also make for their family. Our Cook Islands Language will be used throughout the workshops as students are taught what a pareu is for, the difference uses for pareu and why we used them.
TBC	Forest View High School, Baird Road, Tokoroa	Forest View High School	Raranga Poe Taringa Workshop	This activity will be for students to learn how to make these beautiful pieces we call Poe Taringa. This is a longer skill to learn and attain so workshops may have to continue after the given timeframe for students to complete their piece of jewelry. Our Cook Islands Māori language will be at the centre of each workshop encouraging those participating to speak our reo in everyday life and to grow confidant in using it.
Saturday 30 July
11.00am - 2.00pm	St Enochs Presbyterian Church, 134 Sixteenth Ave, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Invitational Formal Tivaevae & Kuki Pate Exhibition and opening for CILW 2022	Opening CILW with a Tivaevae Exhibition for Event for Sponsors, Kaumatua, Local Council Delegation, Supporters, Kuki Tivaevae Mamas
Sunday 31 July
8.30am	Tokoroa Seventh Day Adventist Church	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Community Breakfast	All welcome to join us for a communtiy breakfast in celebration of the start of Cook Islands language week
8.30am - 11.00am	Rakoia Residence, 17 Chester Street, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Kuki Airani Tauranga Community Hikoi	Kulim Park - Ferguson Park - Kul im Par k Walk, fol lowed by community breakfast, Ukulele & Singing. Approx 20-30pax
9.30am	St. Lukes PIC Church, 2 Kelso Street, Tokoroa	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Opening CILW Service	All welcome to join us for the opening of CILW 2022. Promoting our theme and praying for the events of the week. Kia rauka tatou I te atuitui ia tatou ki to tatou matakeinanga
10.00am	The Square, Plamerston North	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Flag Raising	Opening CILW with a Flag Raising ceremony, open to all to attend
10.00am - 12.00pm	Punanga Reo Building, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Pure Empetoma	This is authentic learning and experience for traditional imeme tuki, pure and reo kuki airani. What is done back in the Islands is shared through this learning here in Rotorua
2.00pm	St. Lukes PIC Church, 2 Kelso Street, Tokoroa	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Pure Kuki Airani Service
3.00pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Cook Islands Traditional Church Service	To open the Cook Island Language week the Porirua Cook islands Association will start the week of with a Cook Island church service which will be attended by the Cook Island Community.
5.00pm	Atiu Hall, 7 Aitu Place, Mangere, Auckland	Cook Islands Religious & Advisory Council	CILW Opening Church Service	An opening prayer service and blessing for Cook Islands Language Week 2022
7.00pm	Online Show, 7.00pm	Draphix Creative Co	Teaching Videos	Kuki Learning - Language Teaching videos
Monday 1 August
8.00am	Peace Memorial, Te Rauparaha Park		Cook Islands flag raising ceremony	Followed by refreshments at Performing Arts Studio, Pataka Art & Museum, 17 Parumoana St, Porirua
10.00am	MIT Pasifika Community Centre, Tanoa Room, North Campus, Gate 12, 53 Otara Road, Otara	Cook Islands Teachers & Educators Collective NZ	Official Cook Islands Language Week Opening	Official opening and blessing of Cook Islands Language Week 2022
10.00am - 12.00pm	Tai-o-Fenua, 23rd Avenue, Tauranga, Pasifika Day Care	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Cook Islands Crafts, Singing & Dancing Workshop	Teacher Kuki Singing, Dancing, Weaving Flax for children at Pasifika Child Care. Approx 20pax Students and Teachers.
11.00am - 1.00pm	Aquinas College, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Mangaia Kuki Wood and Art Techniques	Mangaia Kuki Wood and Art Techniques for Student s and Teachers Approx 30pax.
5.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane Cannons Creek		COVID-19 Vaccination Presentation & Rapid Antigen Test demonstration	Demonstration on the correct use of RATs and instruction on how to report your result
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Papaioea Pasifika Centre (Bill Brown Pk)	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Taraaka Elisa - Paint & Design	How far do the sands of Ancestors go? Through design stencils using paint to etch patterns to cushion size material.
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Marae Gate, Tokoroa High School	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Cook Islands Maori Classes	Theme: Toku Koputangata Teaching young families about Koputangata, family structures, and explanantions for Koputangata, teina and Tuakana, toku and taku, KO sentences, Self Introduction, Pe’e/Song/Irava that connect us to who we are.
6.00pm - 9.00pm	Cook Islands Hall, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Cook Islands Language Workshop	This workshop will teach basic name introduction, phrases and sentences for colours, animals, body parts and vowes. There will also have traditional Imene Tuki – Atiuan/Aitutaki dialect.
6.00pm - 9.00pm	CoCo Pop – Community Pop up space, Shop 11, Hillary Court, Naenae, Lower Hutt	Hutt Valley Cook Islands Association	Opening Event - Tāmataora: Celebration.	This event will be an opportunity to learn our reo through playing the ukulele (ukurere) basic chords and songs that celebrate stories of the Cook Islands.
6.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane, Cannons Creek	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Zumba Exercise Night with Kuki Twist!	Dance instructor Kelly Rowe. Gold coin entrance fee, all donations collected that night will go towards the fundraising for the Hall. Zuma exercises will be base around the Cook island traditional hula movements.
TBC	Cook Islands Church Hall, 71 Puriri Street, Gonville, Whanganui	Whanganui Cook Islands Community	Ei Katu Workshop	An activity for all ages to learn about a Cook Islands craft. We will also be teaching the language through facts about where to wear an ei katu, and why it was worn
TBC	Brunswick School, 15 Campbell Road, Aramoho, Whanganui 4571	Hula on the Awa	Crafts Workshop (90 minute programme)	90 minute programme. Teaching a song, learning Kia orana, Making ei katu, lolly lei, teaching about the 15 stars on the Cook Island, Flag, learning about the 15 Islands
TBC	Marae Classroom, Tokoroa Hight School	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Rima Ora Workshop	Teaching our Young people, how to make a fan, as a way to keep cool, and a simple activity to teach the aspect of Cook Islands weaving. Connecting our Young people to our Cook Islands Crafts
TBC	Kelburn, Victoria University	Victoria University of Wellington Cook Island Student Association (VUWCIA)	Cook Islands Language Week Opening	All invited to attend a the opening of Cook Islands language week with fellow Cook Islands students
TBC	Outside 143 Queens Rd, Panmure	Pa'Seafika Rim Productions	Ei Katu Workshop	An activity for the Panmure public (including school children) to learn about the Cook Islands Ei Katu. They will learn the different components required to make an ei katu, learn how to make an ei katu, learn how to wear an ei katu and at the same time learn some Cook Islands words and phrases relating to the ei katu.
TBC	Manukau Congregational Church, 17 Laureston Ave, Papatoetoe	Manukau Congregation Youth	Ei Katu Workshop	Workshop on Ei Katu making with our mamas sharing their knowledge with young youths. This will be linking this with the theme and our cook island language and songs.
TBC	The Napier Lighthouse 28 Leyland Street Onekawa, Napier	The Napier Lighthouse	Te Pure ‘Ā Te ‘Atu	Ka ‘akamata tātou nā roto ‘i te pure. We start the week by learning the Lord’s Prayer in Cook Island Māori followed by a visit to Takitumu Pou in central, Hastings CBD
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	Costume Making & Ei Katu Workshop	Costume making & Ei Katu workshop. Both workshops will be going on at the same time so people who do Ei Katu’s the first night will swap the following night
TBC	PIACT, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill	Southland Tangata Kuki Airani	Apii Reo - Basic Class	To teach the Reo is a demand in Invercargill. Specifically requested by our NZ born young people
Tuesday 2 August
6.00pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane Cannons Creek		Diabetes presentation	A diabetes presentation by Kailua Faafoi, Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Tu Ora Compass Health
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Papaioea Pasifika Centre (Bill Brown Pk)	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Language & Crafts Workshop	Ei Katu Station where we will show the students this Cook Islands craft. We will also be teaching the language through facts about where to wear an ei katu, and why it is
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Matapihi Marae, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Kuki Airani Tauranga Community - Dance & Kuki Pate Evening	Kuki Airani Tauranga Community - Dance and Kuki Pate Evening, Talent Show for Kuki Youth Dance, Ukulele, Pate Playing, Shared Dinner, Ura Demonstration. Approx 20-30pax
6.00pm - 9.00pm	Cook Islands Hall, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Rutu te Pate Drumming Workshop	This workshop is for all ages and gender with skills or no skills wanting to learn traditional Cook Island drumming and beating of the drums. Learning the names of the drums, the history and why it’s important for Cook islands people.
7.00pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Story Telling Workshop with Tongareva, Pamati & Aitutaki	Representatives from Tongareva, Pamati and Aitutaki will share stories around the history of their island and people and language.
TBC	SEHC Senior School, 2 Franklyne Road, Otara	Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School	DrumJam	Two sessions run during the lunch period with our senior drummers facilitating and teaching basic drumming beats, rhythms and tempo. The purpose of this to encourage our Cook Island students to engage with their culture in a fun and informal environment.
TBC	PIACT, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill	Southland Tangata Kuki Airani	Pa Metua Day	Story telling for the Elderlies
TBC	Online Show, 7.00pm	Draphix Creative Co	Korero	Children's Language Resources
TBC	Cook Islands Church Hall, 71 Puriri Street, Gonville, Whanganui	Whanganui Cook Islands Community	Ei Lollies Workshop	An activity for all ages to learn a Cook Islands craft. Making Lolly ei’s and understanding the importance behind the gifting of these to specific people. There will also be Cook Islands language used during this time
TBC	Cook Islands Classroom, Marae Gate, Tokoroa High School	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Rima Ora Workshop for our Mama's & Papa's	Reconnecting our elderly, to enjoy learning again, and to be able to make a fan. Sharing stories with them and our young people
TBC	Otara Library, Centre 46 Fair Mall, Ōtara, Manukau 2023	Manukau Congregation Youth	Story Telling Workshop	Story telling on a Mangaia legend. Preschool children will take part in the story followed by activity. This be linked to the theme.
TBC	The Napier Lighthouse 28 Leyland Street Onekawa, Napier	The Napier Lighthouse	Au 'Ārāvei'anga	The aim of this lesson to is to: • Learn some Common Greetings • Know some simple Kuki ‘Airani Māori greetings • Introduce yourself • Say where you come from
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	Costume Making & Ei Katu Workshop	Costume making & Ei Katu workshop. Both workshops will be going on at the same time so people who do Ei Katu’s the first night will swap the following night
TBC	Te Oro Art Center 98 Lin Road, Glen Innes	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Peni Opa Kakau Workshop	An activity for young and old people to learn about our Cook Islands craft n how we dance. We will also be teaching the language through facts about the difference of the type of patterns on the boards and the color of the prints in our language.
TBC	Panmure Library 7/13 Pilkington Road Panmure	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Ura Ura Fitness Workshop	Dance class

Events across Aotearoa - 3 to 5 August

Date & Time	Location	Host Group	Activity	Description
Wednesday 3 August
9.00am - 3.00pm	Manurewa Intermediate School 76 Russell Road, Manurewa. Auckland 2102	Manurewa Intermediate School	Auckland Intermediate Schools Cook Islands Speech and Dance Competition	Cook Islands Speech & Dance Competition for Year 7 & 8 Students
12.00pm - 1.00pm	Pacific Islands Community Tauranga Trust (PICTT), 12th Ave, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Kuki Airani Language Appreciation with Pacific Islands Community (Tauranga) Trust	Kuki Airani Language Appreciation with Pacific Island Community (Tauranga) Trust, Language and Culture Appreciation with PICTT Staff & Community. Approx 10-20pax
5.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane Cannons Creek		Pastor Teremoana Tauira	Presentation to Porirua Cook Island community about nutrition and physical health and wellbeing.
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Papaioea Pasifika Centre (Bill Brown Pk)	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Language & Crafts Workshop	Ei Katu Station where we will show the students this Cook Islands craft. We will also be teaching the language through facts about where to wear an ei katu, and why it is
6.00pm - 8.00pm	Paific Islands Community Tauranga Trust (PICTT), 12th Ave, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Kuki Ei Katu Making	Ei katu making Approx 20 pax with Kuki Airani Community
6.00pm - 9.00pm	Cook Islands Hall, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Ura Workshop	This is for all ages and gender to learn the techniques and art to Cook Islands dancing. These traditional names for actions and movements and meaning. Plus promotion for good fitness for our health
6.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Community Gathering	Porirua City Councilors will be talking to Porirua Cook Island community about this year's Local Elections.
TBC	PIACT, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill	Southland Tangata Kuki Airani	Apii Reo - Basic Class	To teach the Reo is a demand in Invercargill. Specifically requested by our NZ born young people
TBC	SEHC Senior School, 2 Franklyne Road, Otara	Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School	Performance Costumes & Dance Items Display	Displaying the beauty and richness of our culture through dance and music. Providing a platform for our Cook Island students to celebrate their identity and acknowledge their anau and tupuna.
TBC	Cook Islands Church Hall, 71 Puriri Street, Gonville, Whanganui	Whanganui Cook Islands Community	Uniform Sewing	We are learning to create simple Cook Islands outfits for males and females. These will be used as our uniforms when we have events. During this time, Cook Islands language will be used. We anticipate around 15-20 people will be at this event with a professional Seamtress being present to show us how to sew
TBC	St. Lukes PIC Community Hall, Maraetai Road	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Taokotai'anga Punanga Reo	A celebration of our Early Childhood Centres who will be sharing their Cook Islands Songs and Dances
TBC	St. Lukes PIC Community Hall, Maraetai Road	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Imenemene Concert	Open concert that allows everyone to perform and share about a Hymn that has meaning for them. Mama Nane 113 – Her parents made her and her siblings learn this hymn
TBC	Kelburn, Victoria University	Victoria University of Wellington Cook Island Student Association (VUWCIA)	Ei Katu Workshop	Exposure of the fine arts of making an ei katu
TBC	Online Zoom - Register Online to Attend	Manukau Congregation Youth	Paintvine Workshop	Paintvine this activity is open to others based on Cook Island patterns for example Tiare maori, different flowers or land crops that are significant to our Cook Island people. Each person needs to apply on our Paintvine Facebook page. We will send them a little package that will include resources needed for the activity.
TBC	Hastings Lighthouse 905 Heretaunga Street West, Hastings	The Hastings Lighthouse	Cook Islands Dance & Song Workshop	Cook Island song and dance Workshop followed by a visit to Takitumu Pou in central Hastings CBD
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	Performance and Music Workshop	Performance and Music (Drum, Uke & tipunus) Workshop
TBC	Te Oro Art Center 98 Lin Road, Glen Innes	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Peni Opa Kakau Workshop	An activity for young and old people to learn about our Cook Islands craft n how we dance. We will also be teaching the language through facts about the difference of the type of patterns on the boards and the color of the prints in our language.
TBC	Panmure Library 7/13 Pilkington Road Panmure	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Ura Ura Fitness Workshop	Dance class
Thursday 4 August
9.00am	CIDANZ Office, 287 Kirkbride Road, Mangere	CIDANZ	Constitution Day Celebration	Celebrating the Cook Islands Constitution Day
5.00pm - 7.00pm	Otumoetai College, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	Kuki Drums and Kuki Language Appreciation	Kuki Drums and Kuki Language Appriciation for College Students Approx 20pax
5.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane Cannons Creek		Gout Presentation and uric acid testing	A gout presentation given by Zechariah Reuelu, Community Development Pacific Peoples, Arthritis NZ. Uric acid testing done by Willie Teleaga, Health Coach, Tu Ora Compass Health
6.00pm - 9.00pm	Cook Islands Hall, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Tuitui Arts and Crafts Workshop	This art is to learn to make crochet flowers, pare ei katu, roll dye patterns and costume making. This is learning the skills and techniques with the reo kuki airani as to why we make these beautiful crafts.
6.30pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Story Telling Workshop with Enuamanu, Pukapuka & Rarotonga Enua	Representatives from Enuamanu enua, Pukapuka enua and Rarotonga enua will share stories around the history of their island and people and language.
TBC	CIDANZ Office, 287 Kirkbride Road, Mangere	Ko'onga Mapu & CIDANZ	Digital Hub 'Te Vae Ora' Opening	Join us for the opening of the first Cook Islands Digital Youth Hub in Auckland. It is a space that invites young people to express their digital creativity, entrepreneurship and more.
TBC	PIACT, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill	Southland Tangata Kuki Airani	Tivaevae Exhibition & Crafts Workshop	1: Vainetini Exhibiting their craft made in the last year. 2:Head Ei Making, 3: Teach Island dancing – Targetting School students - learn to make own Head ei, create an item for closing – All-day event..Language and dancing. Language and ei making
TBC	Upokongaro School, RD 3 478, State Highway 4, Upokongaro 4573	Hula on the Awa	Crafts Workshop (90 minute programme)	In-school programme. Teaching a song, learning Kia orana, Making ei katu, lolly lei, teaching about the 15 stars on the Cook Island, Flag, learning about the 15 Islands.
TBC	South Waikato Sport & Events Centre, 25 Mossop Road	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Clash of the Enua	Cook Islands Sports Evening to bring all our families together, an activity for everyone hosted by our Mangaia Society of Tokoroa
TBC	Kelburn, Victoria University	Victoria University of Wellington Cook Island Student Association (VUWCIA)	Movie Night	A showcase of Cook Islands films
TBC	Hastings Lighthouse 905 Heretaunga Street West, Hastings	Combined workshop with The Hastings Lighthouse & The Napier Lighthouse	Ei Katu Workshop	Ei katu making
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	Performance and Music Workshop	Performance and Music (Drum, Uke & tipunus) Workshop
TBC	Te Oro Art Center 98 Lin Road, Glen Innes	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Peni Opa Kakau Workshop	A activity for young and old people to learn about our Cook Islands craft n how we dance. We will also be teaching the language through facts about the difference of the type of patterns on the boards and the color of the prints in our language.
TBC	Panmure Library 7/13 Pilkington Road Panmure	East Cook Islands Community Culture Group	Ura Ura Fitness Workshop	Dance class
Friday 5 August
8.30am - 9.30am	Housing First Training Room, Taradale Road, Napier	The Napier Lighthouse	Mental health workshop working specifically with Cook Islanders	Workshop of working with Pacific specifically Cook Islanders with in the Mental Health Sector. Introduction of Tivaevae Health Model and application to Health/ Mental Health Peer Support Workshop open to all Mental Health support workers in Hawkes Bay
10.00am - 1.00pm	St Andrews Church, 22 Station Road, Otahuhu 1062	Emerge Aotearoa NZ	Cook Islands Language Week Celebration	Our program will highlight important aspects of our Kuki Airani culture which will reiterate the theme of the week by giving them an authentic village experience by giving guests the opportunity to learn, listen, watch, interact, partake and enjoy experiences of their connection to our soil. We have kaimahi representing various entities and regions of Emerge Aotearoa, have included our Kuki Airani Tangata Whaiora group (our sole reason for doing what we do), utilized various external Kuki Airani groups to perform and invited our distinguished Kuki Airani family.
10.00am - 2.00pm	Papaioea Pasifika Centre (Bill Brown Pk)	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Pa Metua Day	Fashion show, Health Presentation - Dementia, Manawatu Oranga Mirimiri
10.00am - 1.15pm	The Square Palmerston North	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Matua Ola	Prayer / Introductions / Health presentation / Te Kura o Wairau performance / lunch / bingo / spot prizes
10.00am - 4.00pm	CoCo Pop – Community Pop up space, Shop 11, Hillary Court, Naenae, Lower Hutt	Hutt Valley Cook Islands Association	Tivaevae Exhibition	This event will be a showcase of the local Hutt māmā tivaevae makers profiling as heritage artists. There will be tivaevae on exhibition, speakers, and demonstration.
11.00am	Napier Lighthouse 28 Leyland Street, Onekawa, Napier	The Napier Lighthouse	Cook Islands Language Week Combined Celebration with kaikai	Cook Island Language Week combined celebration with kaikai. An opportunity to showcase all the learning throughout the week including ei katu fashion parade and display of tivaevae.
4.00pm - 6.00pm	Cook Islands Hall, 101a Clayton Road, Rotorua	Rotorua Cook Islands Society Inc.	Cultural Exchange & Donut Making Workshop	This will be the event to showcase and celebrate what participants have been learning throughout the week. It will allow families and friends and the wider community to engage, and be apart of the celebration through watching or participating. Will bring an ending to our Cook Islands language week of learning in hands on forum. A place of learning for all.
6.00pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Victoria University Students Show	Cook Islands university students will put on a show displaying the traditional cook island way of dancing, through action songs and drum dance.
TBC	SEHC Senior School, 2 Franklyne Road, Otara	Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School	Performance Costumes & Dance Items Display	Displaying the beauty and richness of our culture through dance and music. Providing a platform for our Cook Island students to celebrate their identity and acknowledge their anau and tupuna.
TBC	Throughout the Town	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Koni Raoni (Forest View High School)	Sharing our Cook Islands culture around town to different Community groups
TBC	Tokoroa YMCA Stadium Beatrix Drive	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Careers Expo	Showcasing different Career pathways for our Young People, Promoting Cook Islands people in the workforce and having information about how to get in to the different workplaces, tertiary studies and raising students achievement
TBC	Ferguson Intermediate	Ferguson Intermediate	In-School Assembly for Parents & Students	As a south Auckland intermediate school we have approximately eighty Cook Island families that we are preparing to celebrate with during the 2022 Cook Island Language Week. We are holding activities such as tivaevae making, ei-katu making, drumming and Cook Island games (amongst others). We will be culminating the week with a full school and community assembly showcasing our talents and then inviting the Cook Island community for a shared meal.
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	Food Workshop	Teaching how to make cultural foods

Events across Aotearoa - 6 to 7 August

Date & Time	Location	Host Group	Activity	Description
Saturday 6 August
9.00am	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane, Cannons Creelk	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Kaikai with AuAu & Akatokamanava Enua	Traditional Cook Island food provided by AuAu and Akatokamanava.
10.30am - 1.00pm	Ta Ao Mārama South Atrium, Auckland Museum	Ma'uke Community	Live performance by the Ma'uke Community	Join in under the Tanoa for a free performance held by the Ma'uke (Cook Islands) community, bringing their unmistakable Pacific sound to the Museum. Donning their reknowned vivid and colorful garments, the Ma'uke community will be filling Te Ao Mārama with Ma'ukean vibration. The day will be punctuated by songs, chants, dances and showered with music and loads of laughter
12.00pm	Pataka Art & Museum Spine, 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua		Cook Islands cultural performances	Performances from Te Vara Group
3.00pm - 10.00pm	Vodafone Events Centre, 770 Great South Road, Manukau City	Te Maeva Nui o Aotearoa NZ & Sponsors	Kapa Nui Aotearoa	Almost two hundred professional dancers, drummers & singers will descend upon the Vodafone Events Centre this August to contend for first place honours in the inaugural Kapa Nui Aotearoa showcase. The event complements the Te Maeva Nui O Aotearoa bi-annual three-day cultural festival. It will focus on professional Dance & Entertainment Groups actively promoting Cook Islands culture and performing arts all year round.
3.30pm - 7.00pm	Huria Marae, Tauranga	Kuki Airani Tauranga, Te Moananui Society Inc.	CILW 2022 - Kuki Airani Community Celebration	CILW 2022 - Kuki Airani Community Celebration with Kuki Airani RSE workers (East Pack and Trevelyan Packhouse), Approx 100pax
4.00pm - 8.00pm	William Village Green Cosair Drive, Wigram. CHCH 8042	Celebration of Culture	Avaiki Ou	String band, drumming, dancing, island food and arts and crafts. opportunity for the community to come together, celebrate our roots. The drumming and string band will encourage our people learn to dance and sing our way. Our group will cook our traditional foods to share with our people. Arts and crafts will be in the form of making Ei Katu, Titi (girls hips costume) and boys Purau (skirt), that people can make and take home with them.
TBC	PIACT, 135 Bowmont Street, Invercargill	Southland Tangata Kuki Airani	Closing Language Week	A closing celebration of Cook Islands Language Week
TBC	Cook Islands Church Hall, 71 Puriri Street, Gonville, Whanganui	Whanganui Cook Islands Community	My Kitchen Cook Off	Second year running where different groups within the community face each other in a cook off. They present 2 types of Cook Island dishes. Part of the points is using Cook Islands language during presentation
TBC	St. Lukes PIC Community Hall, Maraetai Road	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Makete!	Encouraging our Cook Islands Ekalesia to fundraise for our Children’s TATAU 2022 Encouraging Cook Islands Business to sell their products to the wider Community(Like Punanga Nui)
TBC	Papaioea Pasifika Centre (Bill Brown Pk)	Palmerston North Cook Islands Community	Cook Islands Language Week Celebration	Community Celebration for Cook Islands Language Week - All invited to attend
TBC	Tokoroa Cosmopolitan Club, Blamoral Drive, Tokoroa	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Social Hosted by Pa Henua Tokerau Tokoroa	A chance to come together and enjoy Cook Islands Music and celebrating our Enua through song.
TBC	Akapuanga Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua	Victoria University of Wellington Cook Island Student Association (VUWCIA)	Variety Night	A cultural performance by VUWCIA to celebrate CILW
TBC	Cook Islands Community Centre, 7 Swansea Road, Flaxmere, Hastings 4120	Hawke's Bay Cook Islands Community Centre Society Inc	History & Reo Workshop
Sunday 7 August
11.00am - 1.00pm	St Davids Multicultural Church, 2 Britannia Street, Petone, Lower Hutt	Hutt Valley Cook Islands Association	Closing Event	This event will be the official close of CILW in Lower Hutt, held during the Sunday church combined Pacific Islands parish service.
3.00pm	Te Akapuanga, Porirua Cook Island Hall, 14 Mentor Lane, Cannons Creek	Porirua Cook Islands Association	Closing Ceremony Traditional Cook Island Uapou	Close of Cook Island Language week with a Traditional Cook Island Uapou.
TBC	Online Show, 7.00pm	Draphix Creative Co	Tua Korero	Story telling platform
TBC	St. Lukes PIC, Maraetai Road	Cook Islands Community Society Tokoroa Inc.	Thanksgiving Service Oroa	Sacrement and Thanksgiving service to end of Cook Islands Language Week. E reo akameitaki anga ki te Atua

Cook Islands Language Week resources

Email signature

Cook Islands Email signature - 700x100 px (PNG) - Download

Desktop wallpaper

Cook Islands computer desktop wallpaper - 1920x1080 px (PNG) - Download

Posters

Cook Islands Language Week Official poster - A4 Download (PDF)

Cook Islands Language Week Official poster - A3 Download (PDF)

Cook Islands Blank poster template 1 green - A4 Download (PDF)

Cook Islands Blank poster template 1 white - A4 Download (PDF)

Cook Islands Blank poster template 1 green with theme - A4 Download (PDF)

Cook Islands Blank poster template 1 white with theme - A4 Download (PDF)

Language card

Cook Islands Language Card - 6 pages, 180kb (PDF) - Download

Audio clips

Cook Islands Language Week Theme 2022:

Connect me to the soil of my ancestors - ‘Ātuitui’ia au ki te Oneone o tōku ‘Ui Tupuna - (MP3) - Download

Simple greetings and phrases:

Greetings / Hello - (MP3) - Download

Goodbye, I'm off now - (MP3) - Download

Thank you - (MP3) - Download

Happy Cook Islands Language Week (MP3) - Download

Web banners

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner (theme) - 1200 x 628 px (JPG) Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner (blank) - 1200 x 628 px (JPG) - Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner with girl - 1920 x 1080 px (JPG) - Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner - 1920 x 1080 px (JPG) - Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner (blank) - 1920 x 1080 px (JPG) - Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner (theme) - 2400 x 800 px (JPG) - Download

Cook Islands Language Week Web banner (blank) - 2400 x 800 px (JPG) - Download

The Big Kahuna

One file containing all resources, including:

Email signature
Desktop wallpaper
Posters
Web banners
Social media content
Language Card

(7 MB Zip file) - [Download]

Cook Islands Language Week Funding Recipients

2021

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

Organisation/Group Name	Location	Approved Amount	Language	Initiative focus
CIDANZ	Wellington	50,000.00	Kuki ‘Āirani	Language learning classes for all levels and teach through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance, music and events
Cook Islands Society of Tokoroa	Hamilton	5,000.00	Kuki ‘Āirani	Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, and storytelling
Te Vaka Cook Islands of Dunedin Inc	Dunedin	5,000.00	Kuki ‘Āirani	Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, and church resources
Victoria University of Wellington Cook Islands Association	Wellington	1,930.00	Kuki ‘Āirani	Language learning through cultural practices, oratory, storytelling, arts and craft, dance, music and showcasing Cook Islands films

Cook Islands Language Champion Honours 2021

Recipients

The Language Champion Honours is a new initiative which has been introduced as part of the Pacific Language Weeks series 2021.

These awards recognise our language advocates from the Cook Islands community who have been acknowledged as role models for language revitalisation and preservation of Te Reo Māori Kuki ‘Airani in Aotearoa.

Recipients:

Tupou Tamata Manapori

John Paoo

Raemaki Temaeva Karati

Taiau Makirere Nicholas

Mere Tepaeru Tereora

Cook Islands Language Week 2022