Pasifika Fono 2025 - Activate!

Register for the FONO Activate here!

Professor Melani Anae (Polynesian Panthers, University of Auckland)

Michel Mulipola a.k.a The Bloody Samoan

Hon. Erica Stanford, Minister of Education

Our Fono this year has the theme of Activate! Activate our teachers, activate our classrooms, activate our communities! Speakers will be announced towards the end of Term 1.

When: 

Wednesday 2nd & Thursday 3rd July 2025

Where:

The Brentwood Hotel

16 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6022

Registrations close Monday, 16th June 2025 3 pm

Following your registration, we will invoice you for the cost of the Fono ($50 for full-time, fully-certificated teachers), $40 for part-time, PCTS and relievers.

This year we are providing a number of scholarships to assist with the cost of registration, travel, and accommodation.

There are three categories (you may choose more than one):

• PCT (first two years of teaching)
• Teacher of Pacific languages
• Never attended a Fono before

When you register, please indicate if you will be applying for one (or all) of these scholarships.

If you have chosen one of the three scholarship categories when you registered, you will be sent the scholarship application form

We also cover costs if you are presenting workshops at the Fono. Please indicate if you would like to submit a presentation proposal.

Applications for scholarships close on Friday 23 May 2025.

• Expressions of Interest for Workshops