A COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVE

Pacific Learners Education

About us

Pacific Families – and in particular our young tamariki – have been hit hard by COVID-19.

The uncertainty around our young tamariki in regards to their learning and development is yet to be fully realised, however through innovation and storytelling we hope to address the cultural, social, wellness and learning needs of our Pacifika communities, families and their tamariki.

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Recent Videos

Protecting our children from COVID-19

Building Identity through Culture

Tongan words for items around the house

Tongan Common Phrases

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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 has been supported by the Ministry of Education and Kaitiaki Kids Early Childcare.

Kaitiaki Kids is a Multicultural Early Childcare Centre based in Otahuhu, Auckland. 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 that help address the social, cultural, health and wellbeing issues facing our Pacific Learners and their families.

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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