Digital release of Toitoi: Latin America Special Issue
The companion app for the Toitoi: Latin America Special Issue showcases stories, poems and art about the vibrant cultures of Latin America produced by young New Zealanders. All the written pieces have been translated into languages of the region, creating a multilingual app in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.
The app features interactive text and audio features that allows readers to listen to the stories and poems in translation, tap to hear individual words and spellings and even record their own narration.
Follow the links to download the app below:
If you choose to search for it in the Appstore, please use 'Latin America Special Issue' as your search terms instead of 'Toitoi.'
Or go to the Toitoi website to access all the same material on your browser: https://www.toitoi.nz/explore-latin-america.
Celebrating young New Zealanders' connections to the Asia-Pacific
We are delighted to introduce two very special issues of Toitoi that showcase stories, poems and art about the vibrant cultures of Latin America and Southeast Asia commissioned by the Latin America and Southeast Asia Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence (CAPEs).
They feature work by young Kiwi creatives ages 5-14. The cover art for both journals was created by the incredibly talented Scarlet Connor, age 12.
The Toitoi special issues were delivered to every school and public library in New Zealand.
Teach with Toitoi
Exploring Languages and Cultures through Creativity
The School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington coordinated a team of experts who translated the all of the writing in our journal into the languages of the Latin America region, creating a multilingual publication in English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.
Visit wgtn.ac.nz/slc
The National Library of New Zealand
The National Library of New Zealand, Services to Schools, hosted teacher workshops and provided free access to books about Latin America to inspire young writers and artists to make a creative submission. The Topic Explorer has a curated set of digital resources around culture, history and art from Latin America to encourage creative work based on the region.
Teaching for the Asia-Pacific
Teaching for the Asia-Pacific is an innovative new website created by Te Whai Toi Tangata at the University of Waikato as part of the Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence education programme. It has been specifically designed to connect New Zealand teachers with curated resources, tools and research that will help them integrate learning about the Asia-Pacific region into their current curricula.
Visit teachapac.nz
Our Partners
The journals were commissioned by the Latin America and Southeast Asia Centres of Asia-Pacific Excellence (CAPEs), in partnership with Toitoi Media and the School of Languages and Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington. We are also thrilled to have the support of the National Library of New Zealand.
The journals are part of the CAPEs’ schools programme, which aims to positively impact the education of New Zealand students by helping both teachers and students gain global competence with a specific focus on the Asia-Pacific region.
Media
Download the press release.
Read about the Toitoi Special Issues in Ako: The Journal for Education Professionals.