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Te reo is in the spotlight and is being celebrated throughout the country as part of Māori Language Week. This week, Barbershop in Blue returned with a waiata, parents shared stories about raising children as bilingual, Stuff became Puna, and the future of te reo in NZ was … View moreKia ora neighbours,
Te reo is in the spotlight and is being celebrated throughout the country as part of Māori Language Week. This week, Barbershop in Blue returned with a waiata, parents shared stories about raising children as bilingual, Stuff became Puna, and the future of te reo in NZ was debated.
But one debate is still ramping up - should the New Zealand Wars become a compulsory part of the curriculum? What do you think? Take part in our poll below!
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Come on and join our group if you're someone keen for a space within a shared community of artists - meeting next week! email: ethnogenre@gmail.com
Students school wide at Marsden enjoyed Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, taking part in sports games, language learning, buddy time and cultural activities. Māori Language Week is not the only time we embrace Te Ao Māori, it is already integrated throughout our Preschool and Primary learning, and woven … View moreStudents school wide at Marsden enjoyed Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, taking part in sports games, language learning, buddy time and cultural activities. Māori Language Week is not the only time we embrace Te Ao Māori, it is already integrated throughout our Preschool and Primary learning, and woven through subject strands at all year levels. Year 7-8 students progress their understanding of Te Reo and Te Ao Māori and at Years 9-10 it is a core subject. Check out our Curriculum Overview and Year Programmes here.
Going to the game? Want somewhere handy to park? There'll be people to guide you so this doesn't happen....
Carparking available for All Blacks V South Africa, Saturday 15 September from 5.30pm.
Wellington Girls College, enter from Murphy St, school sports entrance between Thorndon … View moreGoing to the game? Want somewhere handy to park? There'll be people to guide you so this doesn't happen....
Carparking available for All Blacks V South Africa, Saturday 15 September from 5.30pm.
Wellington Girls College, enter from Murphy St, school sports entrance between Thorndon Pool and The Chippery.
Fund raising for the basketball teams.
Dear Wellington Community,
It is now week 9 of the new bus network introduction. And soon we will be into 3 months since launch. The new network has caused serious inconvenience and in quite a lot of cases severe hardships for the Wellington Community.
For the public, the old network is always… View moreDear Wellington Community,
It is now week 9 of the new bus network introduction. And soon we will be into 3 months since launch. The new network has caused serious inconvenience and in quite a lot of cases severe hardships for the Wellington Community.
For the public, the old network is always going to be the benchmark of service levels. Why would anyone want to spend millions of dollars putting in a fancy new network which is going to make life so much more difficult for people?
To put things in perspective, after 4 public meetings (with over a thousand people attending) and thousands of complaints since launch, we now have 2 peak time buses added to the Karori route, a Bus 18 reinstatement announcement which will not take effect for another 3 months and a very minor schedule change for the Eastern suburb. These changes probably represent less than 5% of returning to the service levels of the old network. Furthermore, thousands were providing feedback for 4 years during the consultation round prior to launch.
Are we going to need 200 more public meetings and 8 more years to just return to the old service levels? Personally, I am fast losing faith in the Regional Council’s capability in looking after public interests and making any rapid and meaningful improvements.
To be able to move forward, GWRC first must acknowledge that they have got the network design wrong. There is none of that, instead what we are seeing is more PR Spin, face saving, shifting blames and expecting people to live with the ‘new normal”.
In some developing countries a change of this magnitude which has so negatively impact the life of the people would have caused civil unrest and public riots. However, we live in a democratic country and there are democratic processes to follow to effect changes. There is already a petition urging the government to appoint an independent commissioner to examine the impact of recent changes in Wellington's public transport network. Perhaps it is time we take this petition seriously …
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New Zealand Chinese Language Week (23-29 September 2018) is a Kiwi-led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture.
Date: Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
Time:
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Cost:
Free. No booking required.
Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground… View moreNew Zealand Chinese Language Week (23-29 September 2018) is a Kiwi-led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture.
Date: Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
Time:
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Cost:
Free. No booking required.
Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon
Celebrate Chinese Language Week at the National Library
Celebrate Chinese Language Week! The ancient Chinese art of calligraphy is alive and flourishing. For this drop-in lunchtime session, Stan Chan, master calligrapher and painter, will render your name in Chinese characters.
Have your name written in Chinese characters
Tell Stan your name and he will transliterate it for you, executing it in the traditional way – brushing ink on paper.
About the calligrapher
Stan Chan is Wellington’s most prominent Chinese calligrapher and painter.
Stan established the inkLink Art Studio in the Left Bank, Cuba Mall, where he also teaches. Stan has also strong talents in Martial Arts and Cantonese opera.
Image: Stan Chan, Calligrapher.
Kiwis love our lawns and traditionally we expect our councils to keep the lawns of our public parks and verges tidy and well mowed and to get rid of any weeds. But actually a neat and tidy green lawn is a food desert for pollinators, and leaving grass unmown and letting so-called weeds like clover … View moreKiwis love our lawns and traditionally we expect our councils to keep the lawns of our public parks and verges tidy and well mowed and to get rid of any weeds. But actually a neat and tidy green lawn is a food desert for pollinators, and leaving grass unmown and letting so-called weeds like clover and dandelion flower provides food for bees and helps support biodiversity. Would you be happy if your local authority let the grass in your local parks grow long and allowed weeds to flourish?
Churton Park commuters have faced many of the same bus issues as have other areas of Wellington City since the introduction of the new system.
The Churton Park Community Association, in conjunction with local list MP Brett Hudson, has arranged a meeting where you can come and tell Greater … View moreChurton Park commuters have faced many of the same bus issues as have other areas of Wellington City since the introduction of the new system.
The Churton Park Community Association, in conjunction with local list MP Brett Hudson, has arranged a meeting where you can come and tell Greater Wellington Regional Councillors and their transport staff what you believe can be done to improve the situation. The Association sees this as a great opportunity to provide sensible and practical solutions to what have been very frustrating issues around the introduction of new timetables, routes, hubbing and so forth.
The meeting is scheduled for
Thursday 13 September 2018
at 7.30pm
at Churton Park School, Churton Drive
New Zealand Chinese Language Week (23-29 September 2018) is a Kiwi-led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture.
Date: Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
Time:
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Cost:
Free. No booking required.
… View moreNew Zealand Chinese Language Week (23-29 September 2018) is a Kiwi-led initiative aimed at encouraging New Zealanders to discover Chinese language and culture.
Date: Tuesday, 25 September, 2018
Time:
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Cost:
Free. No booking required.
Location:
Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon
Celebrating Chinese Language Week.
This talk, one of three, as part of celebrations for Chinese Language Week, explores the common heritage of literacy in Chinese beyond the Chinese-speaking world with which it is usually associated, and considers the various factors that led to its eventual abandonment and replacement by vernacular “national” languages.
Phan Boi Chau and his 'Letter from Abroad written in Blood'
In 1907 the Vietnamese anti-colonialist thinker Phan Boi Chau, then resident in Japan, wrote his famous Letter from Abroad written in Blood, a call for the Vietnamese people to unite and expel the French colonial powers from their country.
What is perhaps most remarkable about this exhortation to national awakening is that it was not written in the national language (Vietnamese), but instead composed in what we are now accustomed to refer to as Literary Chinese.
In the context of the times, Phan’s preference for Literary Chinese was not at all remarkable; until the early twentieth century, Literary Chinese was widely used as a vehicle for intellectual discussions, poetry, novels, and for the daily business of state administration, not only in China but also more widely throughout East Asia in Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, and had been so for over a millennium.
About the speaker
Catherine Churchman is a lecturer in Asian Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, and a fluent speaker of many languages, including various Chinese dialects.
Image: Catherine Churchman, lecturer in Asian Studies at Victoria University of Wellington
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