In the face of huge budget deficits, Victoria and Otago Universities are working together to save their language courses.
It's a potential solution for languages that were on track to be disestablished at the end of this year, and can now continue through a collaborative teaching model.
Professor Nic Smith is the Vice-Chancellor at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, and he joins Jesse today.
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