Language

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright talks about the importance of play in pre-school language development and shares five effective strategies to support this. Audio

Mark Broatch is a self-professed language nerd...also a writer, editor and journalist. His latest book is Word to the Wise where he untangles the mix-ups, misuse and myths of language.  Audio

Lynn Freeman speaks with Monash University Linguistics Professor Kate Burridge about why English spelling can be so confusing and difficult. She says it's time to restore earlier spellings like rime… Audio

Māori language lecturer Dr Vini Olsen Reeder and songwriter Ria Hall talk about their personal relationships with te reo. Olsen-Reeder began studying te reo as a university student and became the… Video, Audio

Te Puaheiri Snowden and Paraone Gloyne have made are around 60 episodes of Tāringa so far, which blend kupu (Māori words), interviews with iwi, information about the history of tikanga (customs and… Audio

Maori Language Week, and Professor Rawinia Higgins compares the reo to Gollum's 'Precious' on Stuff today , but of course Gollum's obsession with Precious was his downfall. Audio

RNZ's Māori Strategy Manager Shannon Haunui-Thompson began learning te reo at high school, but it was having children that motivated her to become fluent. Shannon talks to Jesse Mulligan about her… Audio

It's Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, a time to celebrate te reo and it's reviatlisation. But in the discussion about how to keep the language alive there is a problem - a lack of Maori language teachers.  Audio

Janine Reu-Taueki who works at a McDonalds in Hamilton says she was told by management not to speak te reo because of complaints from customers and staff.The rationale is that it was rude of her to… Audio

For te wiki o te reo Māori,  Sarah Johnston takes us on a jaunt through the Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision archives to explore how people learnt te reo in the past. Audio