our courses
We’re the only NZQA-registered private training establishment offering free Pacific language classes in NZ.
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About our courses
Because we’re NZ Government funded, our courses are only available to NZ citizens or holders of NZ residency visas. Unfortunately, we can’t offer international enrolments in our FREE courses.
We are an NZQA-registered Private Training Establishment (PTE), approved to offer Pacific language courses as Training Schemes. Our funding from the Government means that we can deliver these courses to our communities for free!
We offer Samoan language classes, along with Tongan, Vagahau Niue, Tokelauan, Fijian, Rotuman, and Cook Islands Māori language classes. We are in the process of developing courses in Tuvaluan and Kiribati and are aiming to have these running by 2023.
We offer short, 10-week courses taught once a week in a 2hr tutor-facilitated online class via ZOOM. Students should also do at least 1 hour of their own study and practice as they work towards comprehension and fluency.
You can join our courses across three terms per year, for a total of 30 hours (20 hours tutor-facilitated and 10 hours self-directed study) as you seek to improve your language capability.
We offer 3 levels of courses across each language, plus an additional 2 levels for gagana Samoa only.
“To respect people, and to respect communities, and to respect people’s names and languages, we’ve got to be able to correctly pronounce and to be able to spell their names, and to say their languages with correctness.“
Course Timetable 2024
Our courses work on a term-by-term basis. The date for each term this year is:
Term 1
Closed
Term 2
4 June - 12 August 2024
Term 3
Dates to be confirmed
Please note that some classes are extended by a week or so due to a public holiday clashing with the usual class schedule.
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