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The Southland accent - a rolling change
The Southland accent has a distinctive burr, and new research is revealing how those 'rolled Rs' have changed over time. Audio
The Southland accent - a rolling change
The Southland accent has a distinctive burr, and new research is revealing how those 'rolled Rs' have changed over time.
AudioOur Changing World for 23 May 2019
Southlanders are rolling their Rs more - and less - than 100 years ago, and the chemical element fluorine. Audio
Student speeches about racism and equality
The National Race Unity speech awards were held over the weekend, where high school students share their thoughts about how we can better race relations. Video, Audio
Accepted Scrabble words gets an update
Scrabble has accepted 2,862 new words. Youth culture slang phrases have been added in the first update since 2015. These include sharenting, blud and bae. Others such as incel, antivaxxer and fatberg… Audio
Kiwi accent the sexiest of them all
The Big 7 travel site has determined that the kiwi accent is outrageously charming. The sexiest accent in the world. How come it wasn't French or Italian? Audio
Te reo Māori transforms lives
In this episode of Voices; we meet two migrants whose lives have been changed by learning te reo Māori. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu. Audio
Te reo Māori transforms lives
In this episode of Voices; we meet two migrants whose lives have been changed by learning te reo Māori. Produced by Sara Vui-Talitu.
AudioWellington city's te reo ambitions supported with partnership
Wellington is beefing up its commitment to embrace te reo Māori.
News in Solomon Island Pidgin for 17 April 2019
The latest news in Solomon Island Pidgin (Tok Pisin). Audio
News in Tongan for 17 April 2019
The latest news in Tongan language (Lea Faka-Tonga) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network. Audio
News in Niuean for 17 April 2019
The latest news in Niuean language (Vagahau Niue) - brought to you by our partner - Pacific Media Network. Audio
Funding for te reo Māori lessons for teachers to 'normalise' use of language
The government has launched a new initiative, Te Ahu o te reo Māori, to get teachers speaking te reo Māori better and more often.
Te Kōtuku safety programme aims to curb Māori kids' death, injury rates
A bilingual safety programme developed by a Hawke's Bay firefighter hopes to reduce the high number of avoidable accidents and hospitalisations among Māori children.
Getting to grips with language: 'The Allusionist'
The English language is full of weird and wonderful words and 'The Allusionist' (Radiotopia) delights in finding the stories behind them and discovering how we're using language today. We share some… Audio
Dr Natalie Schilling - Solving crimes through language
Many years ago, a 13-year-old girl went missing in California. In the early 2000s, a woman turned up claiming to be her. Right away there were things about the woman and her story seemed off. To help… Audio
South Taranaki mayoral candidate under fire for use of Naki branding
A South Taranaki mayoral candidate is under fire for naming his business South Naki after being advised that many Māori in the region find the abbreviation disrespectful. Audio
New Plymouth firms reluctant to drop the 'Naki'
A cloud-based computing business in New Plymouth is being applauded for changing its name from Naki Cloud to Our Cloud. Many Taranaki Māori find the abbreviation at best irritating and at worst… Audio
Learning te reo Māori with Stacey Morrison
Broadcaster and Māori language proponent Stacey Morrison talks through some of the nuts and bolts of speaking te reo. The grammar, the dialects, popular sayings, and some of the subtleties of the… Audio
'Synergy' and 'learnings': why jargon isn't so bad
A BBC piece argues that we need to be a bit more chill about corporate language. An internet linguist says we're angry at the symptom, rather than the cause. Audio
