Are apps like GoogleMaps keeping up with te reo pronunciation?

From Midday Report, 12:44 pm on 18 October 2024

As more towns and street names are being returned to their correct te reo Maori names, more attention is also being paid to their pronunciation. However one area of language that is still lagging behind is te reo pronunciation on Google Maps. You've probably heard it yourself -- when Google is giving you directions and completely bungles a reo place name. Maori tech innovator and language revitalist Peter-Lucas Jones speaks to Tu Natanahira.