Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga - Tonga Language Week
Mālō e lelei. Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga - Tonga Language Week is on from Sunday 17 to Saturday 23 August 2025.
Mālō e Lelei. Tonga Language Week Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga celebrates the culture and language of the 82,389 people of Tongan heritage who live in New Zealand. According to the 2018 Census, 2,205 people of Tongan heritage reside in Christchurch.
The 2024 theme for Tonga Language Week was:
E tu'uloa 'a e Lea faka-Tongá 'o ka lea'aki 'i 'api, siasí (lotú), mo e nofo-'a-kāingá.
The Tongan Language will be sustainable when used at home, church and in the wider community.
This theme derives from the overarching Language Week Series theme for 2024, 'Sustainability'. This aligns with the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages and the long-term vision in the Pacific Languages Strategy.
- Visit the Ministry for Pacific Peoples Tonga Language Week page for more resources.
- Like the Tonga Language Week Facebook page.
Tongan translations of library information
We have translated some key documents:
Tonga Language Week craft: Kiekie
Tongan general resources
Find Tongan resources in our collection
Tongan language
- Tonga Language Week Ministry of Pacific Peoples
- Like Tonga Language Week on Facebook
- Tonga (Lea Faka-Tonga) language cards, opens a new window from The Ministry for Pacific Peoples and Te Papa Tongarewa
- Online language games, to videos of Tongan greetings and of the New Zealand National Anthem in Tongan, as well as to a variety of learning resources
