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Culture Matters for Children's Wellbeing

Tropical Island Hula Entertainers

COOK ISLANDS: Te peu Maori, e apinga puapinga tikae ia aia note aka-matutu anga ite oraanga ote au tamariki katoatoa. Me kare koe e kite I toou papa-anga, kare rae koe e kite te ere nei koe kiea. Te tika tikae, te apinga e tarai nei ia tatou, kote manako ite kite anga noea tikae mai tatou e pera katoa note au tangata ere ite pae mai ia tatou. Kote tumu ia teia i akatupu ia ei teia pupuanga!! kia apii, tamou, akatere ete aka matutu ite apii anga Maori na roto ite aka-matutu anga ite au imene, koni ete au tu peu Maori tuke-tuke. Na to tatou au aka-pupuanga tangata e aka-matutu nei ia tatou ete akamaara'ara mai ia tatou, koai tikae tatou e kia tu mate rekareka tatou ia tatou uao Rae e aka-tutu nei i ta tatou au peu Maori kite ao katoatoa.

ENGLISH: Culture matters for children's development and wellbeing. If you don't know your History, you don't know where you're going. Ultimately, what shapes us most is the knowledge of knowing where we've come from and the people that surround us. Tropicals' main purpose of operations is to ensure this is delivered by teaching, learning, maintaining & promoting our cultural ties to the various dance and music styles of the South Pacific's. Our community is what keeps us strong and Australia keeps us reminded of who we are and to be proud of our Polynesian heritage whilst sharing and promoting our cultural arts to the wider community.

Pictured: Deanna Tuiravakai, Teretokorua Han, Tiare Simonis, Tyson Macintosh, Lydia Simonis, Alex Nicholls, Memory Namiro and Jaylene Andrews
Photographer: Vanessa Macintosh