Papua New Guinea Pidgin Language Week
This week Papua Niugini Tok Pisin Wikis being celebrated across Aotearoa, with the theme: 'Lukautim, strongim na kirapim tokples na pasin blo tubuna - preserve, revitalise and promote our language and culture'.
Members of AUT’s Papua New Guinean family - who are also Manaaki scholars - are proudly celebrating this special week on campus.
AUT Bachelor of Business student Lorry Renagi says, “In Papua New Guinea we have a lot of stories, cultures, unique languages and voices and those particulars make me proud to be from a country like PNG.”
Fellow Manaaki scholar McKay Rimbao says, “Even though I’m far away from home, I know I’m from Papua New Guinea. My blood is Papua New Guinean, my bones are Papua New Guinean, and my skin is Papua New Guinean. I can be living somewhere else, but my whole being is Papua New Guinean.”
Similarly, AUT Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences student Jason Bran says, “It is a very proud moment for me because I get to represent not only my people, but I am an ambassador for my country.”
Papua Niugini Tok Pisin Wikis the seventh instalment of the University’s Pacific language video series for 2025. The videos are a celebration of the power of language and culture and feature our students, staff and alumni.
Through their stories, the many ways in which language is a vital component of cultural identity is evident, along with the ways our students and alumni weave it into their daily lives.
Papua New Guinean greetings and other resources for Papua Niugini Tok Pisin Wik2025, including email signatures and printable posters, are available on the website of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.