Ensuring the survival of their language for future generations is why the Tokelauan community in Porirua are keen to have it included in the New Zealand school curriculum.
Tokelau is a New Zealand Pacific realm nation - as is Niue and the Cook Islands.
Tokelauan is the only one of the three languages not available as an NCEA subject.
RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor has more.
