Pacific Pilot Project In the 2001 census it was identified that only 12 percent of New Zealand-born Niueans over 5 years old could hold an everyday conversation in their mother tongue. At the same time, the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs Free II C (Freedom to Choose) consultations with Pacific youth found that Pacific youth saw the language of their parents and grandparents as being very important to their sense of identity. These findings were the catalysts for the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs to initiate the Mind Your Language Project to help build the critical mass of Pacific peoples able to hold an every day conversation in their mother tongue. As part of the Mind Your Language Project , the Ministry, in conjunction with a Niuean provider, Niu Development Inc., ran a pilot programme in Auckland to develop a language resource for the Niuean community. The language resource, Vagahau Niue , consists of three booklets and an audio CD, and was launched at the Hulaaga Vagahau Niue Language National Conference in Porirua in October. The conference was a celebration of Niuean language initiatives. The Niuean, Cook Island M?ori and Tokelauan languages have been identified as the three Pacific languages most at risk of being lost. Once the results of the pilot have been completed, it is anticipated that similar resources will be developed for both the Cook Island M?ori and Tokelauan languages. The Vagahau Niue language resource can be downloaded free from the Ministry's website at www.minpac.govt.nz . Language