Early childhood centre Born and Raised Pasifika used Samoan Language Week as an opportunity to celebrate a special day in Samoa's history.
The centre started Friday off by raising the Samoan flag and celebrating Saturday's Samoan Independence Day.
Throughout Samoan Language Week the centre's children have eaten Samoan food, made siapo paintings and patterns, learnt about legends and traditional dance, and played games based around Samoan culture.
The learning centre invited Love and Learn Child Care and Tawhero's Pasifika Learning Centre to Friday's language week celebrations.
"It's about embracing diversity and celebrating different cultures within our community, in Whanganui the council has got a wonderful welcoming communities pilot programme that's running," manager Helen Puhipuhi said.