Gagana Tokelau Educational Language Books
The Tokelau Government's Department of Education has developed and published a number of wonderful Gagana Tokelau and English language resources for the education system. The publications can be found on the Gagana Tokelau website, a key initiative designed to advance Tokelau language development through making available to a worldwide audience gagana Tokelau resources published by the Government of Tokelau’s Department of Education.
The Gagana Tokelau resources and website were funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) via an Arrangement on Delegated Cooperation for the Tokelau Development Assistance Programme between DFAT and the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). All material on the Gagana Tokelau website is owned by the Government of Tokelau, Department of Education (unless the content is identified as being the property of another party).
Some resources have been made available to the Atafu Tokelau Community Group to access through the Matauala website with the kind permission of the Government. However, for the full extensive list of books and resources, please visit the main Gagana Tokelau website.
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Do You Know Me?
Level 2, Non-fiction, Akoga a Matiti. These fish poems, composed at Matiti School, provide clues, setting up puzzles for the reader to solve. The illustrations provide further clues. The solutions are on the inside back cover.
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The Legend of Tokalalaga
Level 3, Fiction, e-book, Darcy Solia. This is a retelling of the traditional story of Tokalalaga.
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The Sprouting Coconut That Wouldn’t Budge
Level 2, Fiction, Fraser Williamson. This humourous short play adapts the traditional Russian folktale “The Giant Turnip”, by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev in the 1850s, to a Tokelau setting.
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Tinilau and Hina
Level 1, Fiction, Kelihiano Kalolo. This is the traditional story of Tinilau and Hina.
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Fagatua Tokelau
Level 4,Non-fiction, Ilai Isopo Elekana Manū. In this non-fiction book, the Tokelau wrestler Ilai Isopo Elekana Manū introduces students to the traditional Tokelau sport of fagatua.
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Rainwater Harvesting
Level 4, Non-fiction, Dr Ian White, Mika Perez. Our survival here on our atolls depends on rainwater harvesting. This article explores some of the technology that is involved.
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