Tau Kaleveleve Ne Tauhele Aki E Mauaga He Vagahau Mo E Aga Fakamotu Niue

Challenges of language and cultural loss

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ID2388859
AuthorsRosa Kalauni (Mataka Pulotu he Vagahau Niue, Auckland, New Zealand, corresponding author), Feofanaki Pocock (Pulotu he Vagahau, Niue, corresponding author), Pennie Otto (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, corresponding author), Tina O''Halloran (Pulotu he Vagahau Niue), Tina O'Halloran (Pulotu he Vagahau Niue, corresponding author), Betty Lafu (Pulotu he Vagahau Niue, corresponding author), Lima Drysdale (Pulotu he Vagahau Niue, corresponding author), Halo Asekona (Pulotu he Vagahau Niue, corresponding author), Koloti Peika (Auckland University of Technology, corresponding author), Phiaddra Otto (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, corresponding author), Misiane Viliko (corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume6
Issue2
Pages163-170
Publication date2010-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/117718011000600208
OpenAlexW1539537117
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This discussion by the Vagahau Niue (Niue language) talanoa group pertains to the struggle against the loss of Vagahau Niue and culture in Aotearoa/New Zealand. We talk critically about ideas that will revive and maintain Vagahau Niue in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The talanoa group knows and understands that our language is at risk. This knowledge is strengthened by our use of existing figures available on Pacific Islands languages in Aotearoa/New Zealand, shared by the pulotu (knowledgeable), John McCaffery. These figures show that Vagahau Niue has a dangerously low number of users

Aotearoa · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · History · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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