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NZ Music Month
Find out more from the official website. Over 800 events are listed in the gig guide!
Go to: NZ Music Month
Youth Week: Giving Back is Giving Forward
Samoan Language Week
Find out more from the Human Rights Commission's website.
A “SEI” is a flower that may be worn behind the ear or as a hair adornment.
Gagana Sāmoa – Sāmoan Language
Here are some phrases that you might like to try this week:
Tālofa : Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Hello etc
Tālofa Lava : Greetings Indeed
O ā mai oe? : How are you?
Manuia fa’afetai : Fine, thank you
Ioe : yes
Leai : no
Fa’amolemole : Please
Fa’afetai : Thank you
Mālō : Well done
Calendar of Events in the Wellington Region, updated by the Ministry of Pacific Peoples: Calendar of Events
World Smoke Free Day
Writing competition due 31 May
111 Emergency Words — flash fiction competition
Entries are open now!
The popular student-run literary competition at Whitireia is back. This year it's open to all of New Zealand.
There are several cash prizes — and winners will be decided by online vote. As ever, we hope new and established writers will rub shoulders.
How to enter:
Write a piece of flash fiction — exactly 111 words long — themed around one of these categories: 'Fire; 'Police' or 'Ambulance'. (You may be abstract or literal, but the connection should be clear.)
Nine semi-finalists will be chosen in each of those three categories, and published online for public voting.
Votes will determine two runners-up and one winner in each category.
The winners and runners-up will then be re-published online for one last round of public voting to find the overall 111 Emergency Words winner.
Deadline: 31 May
Minimum prizes:
Each category winner: $60
Each category runner-up: $40
Overall winner: $80 on top of previous prize
Spot prizes may also be awarded.
To enter and read submission guidelines, head to https://111emergencywords.wordpress.com/
(Note — you retain all copyright in your entries.)