New Zealand Certificate in Pacific Language Tonga (Level 3)

Summary

Programme highlights

Learn to speak Lea Faka-Tonga (the Tongan language) and develop your understanding of Tongan culture.

This qualification is for anyone who works with Pacific-nations people and wants to improve their communication skills.

If you’re of a Tongan descent raised in New Zealand, this is also your chance to reconnect to your language and culture.

You’ll learn skills in:

• Speaking
• Listening
• Reading and writing
• Understanding cultural practices.

“Ko e Lea Faka-Tongá koe ‘elito ia hotau ‘ulungaanga Faka-Tongá.”

Our language is the fundamental feature of our Tongan culture. (Makeleta Taufa, 2005)