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Many Latin abbreviations are to be retired from UK government websites. Audio

Cook Island Maori in New Zealand should take every opportunity to embrace their language says the country's high commissioner to New Zealand. Audio

Bronwyn Wilson's venture Musica Linguae invites people who want to learn a new language - or practice one they are already familiar with - into an activity where the language is spoken such as making… Audio

Dr Dhruv Khullar is a resident in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital with interests in health policy, bioethics, and journalism. We'll ask him why we use metaphors when talking… Audio

Kim Hill reads emails, text messages and tweets from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 23 July, who were spurred to respond by interviews with Norm Hewitt, Andy Bearpark, Rochelle… Audio

Academics have done some number crunching and decided where 10, 000 words sit on a happiness index. Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien is the author of a number of books. His latest book, written with Nick Bevin, is Futuna: Life of a Building. He will discuss two new collections… Audio

Kim Hill talks to Hong Kong-based designer Elaine Yan Ling Ng who interweaves technology with her textiles and furnishings at The Fabrick Lab. She visited Wellington as a keynote speaker for Nature… Audio

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The annual Maori Language Week is drawing to a close. The Maori Language Commission's chief executive assesses how it's gone. Audio

Ko te ra mutunga tenei o te wiki. Ko Ramere. It's Friday today, the end of the week. Audio