Language
Govt seeks to halt extra pay for public servants fluent in te reo Māori
Public Service Minister Nicola Willis says she will ask for advice on to stop the extra pay being negotiated into future collective agreements.
Waking a sleeping language – our plan to revive the speaking of ta rē Moriori
Analysis - When is a language extinct and when is it merely dormant? Can we revive a threatened language and what would that look like, John Middleton asks.
Richard Flanagan: chain reactions
Booker Prize-winning Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan's new novel looks at the choices we make and the chain reaction that follows. By way of a literary love affair through nuclear physics to… Audio
Yes, your cat is trying to tell you something
Dr Julia de Bres is a sociolinguist and senior lecturer at Massey. She joins Mark Leishman to tell us how cats use their body language to subtly manipulate us into doing their bidding. Audio
Freaky Friday
A firm weekly favourite, Freaky Friday, is back again with spooky tales of coincidence and unexplained encounters! Audio
If we had to, how would we communicate with aliens?
Right now there are myriad telescopes searching for any sign of life among estimated 100 billion galaxies.
But if we did manage to contact Alien life forms, how would we communicate with them?
Dr… Audio
The Panel with Sue Bradford and Scott Campbell (Part 2)
Wallace and panellists Sue Bradford and Scott Campbell follow up an earlier discussion about the state of healthcare in rural centres, talk about commonly mispronounced words and a Hawke's Bay couple… Audio
Would you Adam 'n' Eve it? Cockney accent no longer dominant in London
Researchers from the University of Essex studied the dialects of a group of 18 to 33-year-olds from South East England and found there has been a change in dialects among younger people.
They've… Audio
Dr Erica Brozovsky: The surprising origin of gossip
Does gossip actually deserve the bad rap it gets? A Texas researcher says it might actually form the basis of how we communicate. Audio
Māori sports app shares veteran broadcaster's vast dictionary
After decades of collecting and developing te reo Māori words for sports terms, sports commentator Hemana Waaka discovered he'd come up with something like an encyclopedia. Audio
Māori sports app shares veteran broadcaster's vast dictionary
After decades of collecting te reo Māori words for sports terms, sports commentator Hemana Waaka discovered he'd come up with something like an encyclopedia. The 77-year-old is sharing his knowledge… Audio
Parenting: Teaching Te Reo Maori in schools
Mohamed Alansari, senior researcher for the New Zealand Council for Educational Research joins Kathryn to talk about how to improve outcomes for growing Te Reo Maori in schools. Which schools are… Audio
Mahuru Māori: Month for speaking te reo returns for 2023
Mahuru Māori, the month-long kaupapa aiming at normalising te reo in everyday, situations is back for 2023.
Mahuru Maori is back for 2023
Mahuru Maori, the month long kaupapa aiming to normalise te reo in everyday situations is back for 2023. Mahuru Maori challenges participants to consciously use as much te reo Maori as they can during… Audio
Māori Language Commission believes NZ can surpass 1 million speakers
Demand for te reo courses has surged over the past few years, but teachers and students still face some challenges. Audio
Overseas whānau embracing Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Aotearoa isn't the only place celebrating and embracing Māori language this te wiki o te reo Māori.
With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo, whānau living overseas are doing their… Audio
How Māori are keeping te reo flourishing overseas
With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo all around the world, whānau living overseas are doing their best to keep te wiki o te reo Māori thriving. Video
'Word bank' of rejected te reo Māori street names not seen as helpful
An idea to "word bank" rejected Māori street names for developers to "pluck" from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō promised two years ago.
Show us what you're doing for Māori Language Week - Commissioner
The Māori Language Commissioner hopes more people will take part in a special Māori Language Week moment on Thursday at midday. Audio
Saving the Moriori language from extinction
A petition has been launched to establish an officially recognised Moriori Language Week, in an effort to save the language from extinction. Moriori are the original inhabitants of Rēkohu, the Chatham… Audio