Language

Leaders are often criticised for their accent - Simon Bridges' 'moi', John Key's chewed vowels, Jacinda Ardern's habit of saying her 'T's like 'd's. But in Stuff a British writer says we shouldn't… Audio

What are your grammar pet peeves? Audio

An article in the BBC posits the danger of over using punctuation marks and Why every unnecessary use of the enthusiastic punctuation says 'please like me'. The writer insists we instead use full… Audio

A new study shows there is a need for care in the inappropriate use of commonly used medical terms like 'fat' and 'morbidly obese' in New Zealand. Senior lecturer at the University of Otago… Audio

'A Way With Words' is a long-running US phone-in show that answers listener questions about the origins and use of interesting words and phrases. For example, when do clothes become laundry? Where… Audio

Wordsmith Paul Anthony Jones discusses his new book, Around the World in 80 Words, A Journey through the English language, which offers an insight into how 80 different place names are part of the… Audio

The Southland accent has a distinctive burr, and new research is revealing how those 'rolled Rs' have changed over time. Audio

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

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

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

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