Ena Manuireva-Mangareva -Language Revitalization Researcher

Ena Manuireva, born in Mangareva (Gambier islands) the smallest archipelago in Ma’ohi Nui (French Polynesia), is a language revitalization researcher at Auckland University of Technology and is currently finishing his PHD at AUT on the subject of language revitalization of the Mangarevan language, where his ancestors are traced to. Ena’s main two fights are nuclear reparations justice from France, due to the years of nuclear testing which affected his home island, Mangareva, and also language revitalization of the same island. In December 1967 and left the island due to French nuclear testing that started on July 2, 1966. After growing up on Tahiti island and visiting Mangareva on school holidays, Ena left Tahiti in his 20’s to pursue his studies in France. He’s also lived in England where he met his wife, and the two now live in Aotearoa. Ena consults the Auckland War Memorial Museum on cultural works and is pursuing a PHD on Mangarevan language revitalization at Auckland University of Technology. Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ena-manuireva-b5658939/ Facebook Page: ena manuireva