A team of extra than 40 Rarotongan pupils from an environmental advocacy team have been studying about the lifestyles of the persons of Atiu, and sharing their have awareness.

Kōrero O Te Ōrau Inc executive member Jackie Rongo stated it hoped to have this venture as a prolonged term one.

The Rarotongan students
engaged in a broad range of pursuits, which includes studying community fishing techniques, tradition programmes,
education classes, pig looking and some free of charge diving.

“We observed this as an
option to deliver our youth from Rarotonga to Atiu and collaborate and share
info,” Rongo mentioned.

“So our youth
would learn about Atiu, and the means right here, and the historical past accomplished in the context
of Atiu. What we would deliver is the scientific lessons that our pupils have
been finding out.

“This is educating
in the context of the people, and sharing understanding. You discover that in the outer
islands, some of the little ones who may be noticed as trouble-makers truly have a
very wide and practical information of their atmosphere, specifically when it
arrives to fishing.”

Rongo claimed the
organisation experienced also visited Aitutaki in the past, but Atiu has been the initial
programme doing work very intently with the island’s youth.

She explained two youth
leaders in Atiu, Joshua Jim and Maui Matakino, experienced been demonstrating the Rarotongan
students how to dwell in the subsistence life-style.

“They live in the
regular way, Joshua is a planter and fisherman, he will work with a lot of the
elders on the island,” Rongo claimed.

“They’ve also been
doing the job with the youth of Atiu to educate them healthy patterns. This is useful
for all youthful Cook dinner Islanders – sustainability is the way forward.”

Rongo stated the
venture had also linked up with Weather Modify Cook dinner Islands to acquire further
info on regular fishing methods in the outer islands.

Kōrero O Te `Ōrau Inc had formerly hosted a excursion to Aitutaki, but participant…