PUR URIT ITIA IA T TE A AKA M MATUA: : The he C Cha halle - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

PUR URIT ITIA IA T TE A AKA M MATUA: : The he C Cha halle lleng nge o of C Cha hang nge f for P Pasifika i in N n NZ

INGS : : MO MOANA G GREET EETIN Wishi hing ng y you w well-b ll-being ng with e h every b y breath • Kia Orana! • Talofa ni! • Fakaalofa lahi atu! • Ni sa bula vinaka! • Malo e lelei! • Talofa atu! • Malo lava le soifua!

DIGIT DIGITAL NAVIG IGATORS: : • "Our culture is our religion" PhD s hD sna napsho hot • Ongoing struggles with religious • "We don't have the privilege of obligaBons yet steadfast in faith speaking our language" • Concerns about further decline and loss of language and culture • "On Facebook you can't really be for Moana/ Pasifika peoples yourself " • Awareness at all Bmes of constant surveillance and that FB owns everything! h=p://www.drinkingcultures.info/

" For P Pacific o our cult lture i is o our reli ligion " • PROS and CONS of Pasifika peoples' cultures being Bed up overwhelmingly in ChrisBanity • UnrealisBc expectaBons and obligaBons by churches that put their families at risk • Strongly held to their ChrisBan beliefs and obeyed/ respected them though they someBmes did not agree with elders

" W We d e don on't 't r really h eally have e the the privile privilege of f speaking o speaking our ur languag language" • The most endangered Pasifika languages are those of the NZ realm: Cook Island Maori, Vagahau Niue & Gagana Tokelau, in NZ and in their home islands. • There is a feeling of being "plasBc" and "inauthenBc" amongst Pasifika for inability to speak ancestral languages • RegeneraBon through collaboraBon via learning Te Reo Maori in Aotearoa alongside Pasifika/ Moana languages

" On F n Facebook y k you c can' n't really b lly be y yourself lf u unle nless you d don' n't c care " • More likely to be FB "friends" with family and community • Aware that they are constantly under surveillance • They can't say what they want unless they don't care about the repercussions, even as adults • Have mastered the art of protection and concealment through FB privacy features • Prioritise keeping family members safe from predators/ scams

Ko Ko Caren Rangi – – Va Va'ine t toa oa! One brave leader uses her voice, using ancient Manihiki & Rarotonga chants to welcome the Marumaru Atua vaka before they sail away back home to Te Kuki Airani aVer a year's long journey thinking that no-one is there to welcome them! OUR NARRATIVES/ STORIES ARE OUR THEORIES!

LET LET'S T 'S TALK LK A ABOUT BOUT MONO-T MONO-TE-A -A-R -ROA • Professor Paul Spoonley's keynote • Chief colonising tools used on Moana peoples: English/ European language; Educa=on/ European schooling; Economics/ commerce & trade and Chris=anity/ churches • What is behind the resistance to Maori reo/ kupu/ ingoa/ kaupapa? Willingness for correct pronuncia1on advances decolonisa1on Akonga: It's always been Ao-te-a-ro-a NOT Ay-owe-tay-ah-row-ah • What are you doing to help future proof Aotearoa?

Te Mana o te Moana (2012) Malo fa'auli – Malo tapua'i tuilomalinasamu@yahoo.co.nz