Ensuring the survival of their language for future generations is why the Tokelauan community in Porirua are keen to have their language included in the New Zealand curriculum.
Tokelau is a New Zealand Pacific realm nation, as is Niue and the Cook Islands, but the Tokelauan language is the only one of the three not part of NCEA.
Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor reports.
Tokelau fan Photo: RNZ Pacific
