Cook Island Language Week Vocabulary and Activity Booklet

How do I help my class celebrate Cook Island Language Week?

This vocabulary and activity booklet is full of information to support the theme of Cook Islands Language Week. There are opportunities to learn numbers, shapes, colours and greetings that can be used during Cook Islands Language Week and beyond.

With resources like this activity booklet, you can get your children learning Cook Islands Māori, learning and practising vocabulary, and experiencing a new culture from inside the comfort of your own classroom.

What is Cook Islands Language Week?

Cook Islands Language Week celebrates the identity, languages, and culture of students from the Cook Islands and helps all New Zealanders' journey towards shared cultural understandings. Learning a new language gives us insight into new ways of thinking, and to different beliefs and cultural practices.

Cook Islands Language Week gives Kiwis the chance to celebrate and learn about the rich language and culture of the Cook Islands and embrace the large number of Cook Islanders living in NZ.

More teaching resources

There are word searches, colouring pages, greetings display posters and more to support your teaching of Cook Islands Language Week.  

If you're looking to create a classroom display for this important event, why not try this display bunting or this map of the Cook Islands poster?

What are the Cook Islands?

The Cook Islands is a nation in the South Pacific, with political links to New Zealand. Its 15 islands are scattered over a vast area. The largest island, Rarotonga, is home to rugged mountains and Avarua, the national capital. To the north, Aitutaki Island has a vast lagoon encircled by coral reefs and small, sandy islets. The country is famous for its many snorkeling and scuba-diving sites.