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'Language as a marker for Identity' & The impact of Indigenous Language + Ethnicity Data Classification/Data Coding" Panel Discussion

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Bula Vinaka!

There will be 5 Panelists plus Sai Lealea speaking on Deed of Cession 1874 UK/Fiji & Fiji Independence 1970-1974.

Tuesday 8 October 2019

Free
Programme Rooms, Te Ahumairangi, Ground Floor, National Library
Corner of Molesworth and Aitken Street Fiji Language week

Sunday 6 October - Saturday 12 October12.00 – 1.30pm (light luncheon to follow)

Panelists:
1. Mrs Lauren Reweti - Tangata Whenua & Lecturer in Te Reo Maori at Wananga o Raukawa
2. Dr Carol Legge - Linguist & Advisor to Fijian Language Society
3. Dr Michael Slyuzberg - Economist & Principal Advisor Ministry of Justice
4. Dr Zoe Irvine - Ethnicity Data Classification/Data Coding from Medical Practitioner perspectives

5. Adi Elisapeci Samanunu Waqanivala - Indigenous Fijian Oral Historian Researcher/Ethnicity Data Classification Research from an Indigenous Fijian/Pasifika perspective

Bulou Marawa Elena Tuisue will facilitate the event.

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7 days ago

Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.

When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?

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Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
  • 81.9% Yes
    81.9% Complete
  • 15.3% No
    15.3% Complete
  • 2.7% Other - I'll share below
    2.7% Complete
2415 votes
8 hours ago

Think You’ve Got the Answer? Today’s Riddle Says ‘Prove It’!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.

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16 days ago

What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.

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