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Pacific Learners Education

New Zealand’s most popular online resource hub for Pacific Languages

Pacific Learners produces high-quality, animated educational videos that make learning Pacific languages fun and accessible. With over 100 Pacific language videos and over 3 million views, our mission is to celebrate Pacific culture and empower learners through engaging, culturally rich content across 8 Pacific Languages including Tongan, Samoan, Fijian, Niuean, Tokelauan, Cook Islands Māori, and more.

We are also proud to collaborate with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples to develop and promote STEAM learning (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). This initiative fosters curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking among young Pacific learners, equipping them with essential skills for the future.

Join us on this journey as we continue to create meaningful, engaging, and culturally relevant content for Pacific learners everywhere!

Pacific Language Weeks 2025 has been announced

This year, we are pleased celebrate the 2025 Pacific Language Weeks.

This year, Bislama, the national language of Vanuatu, will be included for the first time in Pacific Language Weeks celebrations.

With its addition, the number of recognised Pacific languages grows to 12, joining Rotuman, Samoan, Kiribati, Cook Islands Māori, Tongan, Papua New Guinean, Tuvaluan, Fijian, Niuean, Tokelauan, and Solomon Islands Pijin.

View our Pacific Language Week resource page here

Recent Pacific Language Videos, Perfect for Pacific Learners.

Niuean words for items around the house – Niuean Language

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Niuean words for items at school – Niuean Language

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Niuean words for parts of our body – Niuean Language

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Tokelau words for parts of the body

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Tokelau words for items around the house

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Tokelau words for things at school

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Pacific Learners Based Early Childcare Centres

At Pacific Learners, we passionate about seeing our young Pacific children reach their full potential. So, we have started to produce some amazing videos that allows Pacific ECE’s to showcase their centres philosophy, learning spaces, resources and more

Meet our new Characters

At Pacific Learners, we try our best to incorporate new characters into our animation videos. As such we would like to introduce Tieta from Kiribati, Sifa from Niue, and Ina from the Cook Islands.

Tieta and Sifa has already featured in a video, and we look forward in introducing Ina very soon.

Attending an Early Childcare Centre is important for your child’s development and growth, however not all ECE’s reflect what is best for your child.

Pacific Learners Education has an important message for Pacific Parents and Caregivers.

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Pacific Learners Education is supported by the Ministry of Pacific Peoples, Ministry of Education and Kaitiaki Kids Early Childcare.

Pacific Learners Education was birthed out of the challenges faced at Kaitiaki Kids Childcare where 90% of the children that attend are of Pacific descent and have English as a second language.

Through the challenges of COVID-19, the owners of Kaitiaki Kids decided to embark on an initiative to produce a series of animated videos and online content that help address the social, cultural, health and wellbeing issues facing our Pacific Learners and their families.

What our community is saying

Fantastic resource! Mālō ‘aupito Pacific Learners

Mel Ma'afu Sinoti

100% I love this Absolutely thankyou Pacific Learners for sharing this God Bless

Faiupu Tenari

Praise the Lord for sharing. God Bless

Tekura Turitoa

Thank you for this. I used it yesterday in a zoom catch up with my class. One of my boys yelled out (still not quite yet got the mic muting thing!) “Mum we are watching Pacific Learners for the start of Tongan Language week” and the whole family came and gathered round and joined in. Awesome resource thanks for sharing

Cushla Duggan

This is awesome, love the commentary and the kaupapa

Linda Vaaua-Sua

That’s beautiful, beautiful language & beautiful pronunciation keep posting so we can learn

Ruth Watene

I really appreciate this site – my ignorance feels a little bit less – thank you so much. I’ve got a lot to learn around this but I’m really excited about learning more about this beautiful culture

Roberta Thomson

Awesome job guys. Keep it up. Fa’afetai lava. Manuia.

Tales of the Island

This is very helpful. Especially since I’m rotuman but still needs to learn her own language

Sotiana Samuela

Pacific Learners Education is proudly supported by the following:

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Pacific Peoples