We have some exciting news to share with our Pacific Learners community.
After months of work, researching, designing, verifying with native speakers and refining every detail, Pacific Learners has launched a collection of beautiful Pacific language prints on Etsy. And we’re just getting started.
Why We Created These Posters
At Pacific Learners, everything we do is about helping tamariki stay connected to their Pacific languages, cultures and identities. Our free videos, quizzes and worksheets at PacificLearners.co.nz have always been at the heart of that mission.
But we kept hearing the same thing from teachers and parents: “We want something we can put on the wall.”
A poster that a child sees every single day — at school, at home, in the hall — does something powerful. It normalises the language. It says this language belongs here. It makes Pacific languages visible in spaces where they’ve too often been invisible.
That’s why we created these posters.
What Makes Our Posters Different
Every word is verified by a native speaker.
This is non-negotiable for us. The Pacific languages are living, breathing languages spoken by real communities. Getting the words wrong, the wrong macron, the wrong glottal stop, the wrong spelling, is not just an error. It’s a disservice to the language and the people who speak it.
Every single word on every single poster has been checked and confirmed by a native speaker of that language. When you buy a Pacific Learners poster, you can trust that what’s on it is correct.
The design celebrates Pacific culture.
Our posters aren’t generic language flashcards with clip art. They’re warm, illustrated, culturally grounded designs that feel like they belong in a Pacific home or classroom. The Tongan Numbers poster features a traditional ipu bowl, an outrigger canoe, woven fans and a Pacific octopus. The Tongan Shapes poster has the Tongan national flag inside the circle card. The Days of the Week poster features a traditional umu earth oven for Saturday and a Tongan church congregation for Sunday.
Every design choice is intentional and culturally meaningful.
Every purchase funds free resources.
Our Etsy shop isn’t a separate commercial venture — it’s part of the mission. Every dollar from poster sales goes directly back into creating free Pacific language content at PacificLearners.co.nz. When you buy a poster, you’re helping us keep our videos, quizzes and worksheets free for every family and teacher who needs them.
The Posters Available Now
We’ve launched with a growing collection of Tongan language posters, with more Pacific languages being added regularly.
Tongan Numbers 1–10 — count in Lea Faka-Tonga with culturally relevant Pacific illustrations for every number.
Tongan Shapes — nine shapes in Tongan, with the Tongan national flag proudly displayed in the Circle card.
Tongan Colours — ten colours each on a bold coloured background, with a Pacific cultural object in that colour.
Tongan Body Parts — a labelled diagram of a Pacific boy in a traditional ta’ovala mat skirt, with all body parts labelled in Tongan and English.
Tongan Days of the Week — all seven days with culturally meaningful illustrations, with Sunday Sāpate given special prominence as the most sacred day in Tongan culture.
Tongan Months of the Year — all twelve months with Pacific cultural scenes for each.
Tongan Family — core family words including Tamai, Fa’ē, Kui and Pēpē.
Tongan Extended Family — the beautiful complexity of Tongan family relationships including Fahu (Father’s Oldest Sister) and Tuofefine (Sister of a Male).
Tongan At School — 14 everyday school words to bring the Tongan language directly into the classroom.
Pacific Language Weeks 2026 — three stunning collector’s edition posters featuring all 12 Pacific nations and the complete 2026 language week calendar with exact dates.
We also have Numbers 1–10 posters in Samoan, Fijian, Cook Island Māori, Niuean, Tokelauan, Tuvaluan, Kiribati and Rotuman, with shapes, colours, body parts and more on the way for each language.
How the Posters Work
All our posters are instant digital downloads. You purchase, download immediately, and print at home or at your local print shop.
Every file is high resolution — printed at A3 or A4, the quality is crisp and professional. We recommend matte paper for the best result. Most Warehouse Stationery, Officeworks and Snapfish locations can print them for you inexpensively.
Prices start from NZD $9.00 per poster.
A Note on Pacific Language Weeks 2026
If you’re a teacher preparing for Pacific Language Weeks, now is the time to get organised. Here are the key dates for 2026:
- Rotuman Language Week — 10 to 16 May
- Samoan Language Week — 31 May to 6 June
- Kiribati Language Week — 5 to 11 July
- Vanuatu Language Week — 26 July to 1 August
- Cook Island Māori Language Week — 2 to 8 August
- Tongan Language Week — 16 to 22 August
- Tuvalu Language Week — 27 September to 3 October
- Fijian Language Week — 4 to 10 October
- Niuean Language Week — 18 to 24 October
- Tokelau Language Week — 25 to 31 October
- Solomon Islands Language Week — 22 to 28 November
Our Pacific Language Weeks 2026 poster set is the perfect classroom display — all 12 nations, all dates, beautifully illustrated on one poster. Three stunning editions are available.
What’s Coming Next
We’re working hard to expand the collection. Coming soon:
- Tongan Greetings and Phrases poster
- Tongan Food poster
- Samoan, Fijian and Cook Island Māori shapes, colours and body parts
- Numbers posters in additional Pacific languages
If there’s a specific poster or language you’d love to see, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out through the contact page at PacificLearners.co.nz or message us on Etsy.
Find Us on Etsy
Our shop is PacificLearnersNZ on Etsy. Every poster you see there has been verified, designed with care and created in service of Pacific language revitalisation.
Thank you for being part of this community. Every poster on your wall, every language heard in your classroom, every child who says a word in their Pacific language, that’s what this is all for.
Mālō ‘aupito — Thank you so much.