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Kia Mataora i teia Kiritimiti!

Kia Orāna Tātou kātoatoa i te aro’a ma’ata o tō tātou Atu ko Iesu Mesia ‘i teia tuātau ‘akama’ara’anga i tōna ‘ānau’anga mai ki rotopū ‘ia tātou. Kua ‘ānau’ia mai ‘oki ‘aia kia rauka ‘ia tātou te tika’anga ki te ora motukore. ‘Okota’i ana ‘akaue’anga kia tātou koia, kia aro’a tātou ‘ia tātou ‘uāo rāi. […]

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Mei Roto atu i te Aua Moa: “Connect me to the Soils of my Ancestors” – Why the same theme?

Written by Tauraki Rongo This year’s Cook Islands Language week theme will continue to explore into the 2021 theme. Atutui’ia au ki te oneone o toku Ui Tupuna – Connect me to the soils of my ancestors. Over the years our theme has changed continuously, and while it was good for exploring words or phrases

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Lasskohl Visuals – “The best camera is the one in your pocket”

If you’ve been following the Pink Shirt Day Campaign, you would have seen five videos, each with their own message of encouragement, hope, understanding, and support to stand up against bullying. Capturing those stories would not have been possible without Lasskohl Visuals, owned and operated by Luke Siaki. Here is their story. “Lasskohl Visuals was

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The Lucky Times, 7 October 2020 – Palmerston Lucky School Newsletter

Principal’s Greetings This term saw the completion of new student gardens, the clam survey, a focus on study skills, International Literacy Week, drumming classes, learning about food security and food miles, what goes into making a t-shirt and a unit of work on advertising. Students are learning critical thinking skills, gaining an understanding of environmental

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Pink-shirt day “if my dad finds out about it, he’d give me a hiding for not being man enough to stand up to these bullies”

Written by Tauraki Rongo I watched some of the productions done by our youth towards Pink shirt day. So this is all about bullying right? Trying put an end to bullying because of the mental health consequences suffered by some victims. Some really good stuff came out. I love the testimonies shared by some people

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