Promoters of this week's Niue language week in New Zealand are hoping it will encourage speakers of Vagahau Niue to continue using it within their households, families and communities.
The week-long event is the sixth Pacific language week to be held in New Zealand this year.
New Zealand's Pacific Island Affairs Minister, Hekia Parata ,says Niueans are the fourth-largest Pacific group in New Zealand.
In 2006, 25 percent of the Niuean population in New Zealand was able to hold an everyday conversation in Vagahau Niue.
Mrs Parata says Pacific communities are committed to ensuring the revitalisation and retention of their heritage languages and Niue Language Week is a crucial tool to assist with that goal.
