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How Māori are keeping te reo flourishing overseas
With podcasts, online classes, kapa haka and kōhanga reo all around the world, whānau living overseas are doing their best to keep te wiki o te reo Māori thriving. Video
'Word bank' of rejected te reo Māori street names not seen as helpful
An idea to "word bank" rejected Māori street names for developers to "pluck" from when building future subdivisions misses the point, says an iwi still waiting on tohutō promised two years ago.
Show us what you're doing for Māori Language Week - Commissioner
The Māori Language Commissioner hopes more people will take part in a special Māori Language Week moment on Thursday at midday. Audio
Saving the Moriori language from extinction
A petition has been launched to establish an officially recognised Moriori Language Week, in an effort to save the language from extinction. Moriori are the original inhabitants of Rēkohu, the Chatham… Audio
Susan Goldin-Meadow: Gestures are our thoughts hidden
Susan Goldin-Meadow is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago and one of the world foremost experts on gestures. She has found that gestures express substantive information which… Audio
Moriori call for official week to celebrate indigenous language
Moriori are calling for their own official week to celebrate its indigenous language in New Zealand to save it from extinction. Audio
Hone Harawira: The legacy of Dun Mihaka.
Earlier this week long-time Maori activist and author Te Ringa Mangu 'Dun' Mihaka died. Mihaka devoted decades of his life to Maori rights campaigns, including the 1977-78 Takaparawhau/Bastion Point… Audio
Te Reo commentary on offer for this year's Rugby World Cup
We're not far away from kicking off this year's Rugby World Cup. For the event Sky Sport is offering Te Reo commentary, as well as English. Audio
Two Māori Language Commission board appointments announced
The Māori Development minister has announced two appointments to the board of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission.
Increase in new migrant students puts strain on English language teaching resources
A spike in enrolments of new migrant children has surprised some schools.
You know more te reo than you think, language expert says
Can't speak te reo Māori? According to a new University of Canterbury study, New Zealanders who aren't fluent in the language can still identify a lot of Māori words based on how they look and sound.
…Bilingual book takes top honours at Children's Book Awards
A bilingual book about the Māori creation story has won the highest accolade in children's literature.
Tony Thorne: What to make of the letter 'X'
The most commonly used letter in the English language is E, followed by A, and R. The least-used letter is Z, followed by Q … But the letter that has made headlines around the world is 'X'. Tony… Audio
RNZ launches new initiative to tell stories of Asian communities in New Zealand
From today readers of rnz.co.nz will see a change to our home page, and a new initiative to tell the stories of our Asian community.
The Panel with Paula Penfold and Garry Moore (part two)
On the second half of The Panel, Wallace and panellists Paula Penfold and Garry Moore hear from school principal Claire Amos about the impact of modern learning environments.
Then David Collinge from… Audio
'Race against time': language researcher documenting Bislama
Race against time': Pacific language researcher on documenting Bislama. Audio
Musician Jordyn with a Why: Who gets to learn Te Reo Maori?
As te reo becomes widespread, does Maori learning for Maori need to be prioritised? That's one of many pesky questions posed in the first episode of new Spinoff web series 2 Cents 2 Much. Answering… Video, Audio
The places where bilingual is the norm
While New Zealand debates the merits of bilingual signage, Wales and Ireland have been using it for decades. Audio
Samoan Language Week: Preserving culture and a sense of belonging
Analysis - The theme for Samoan Language Week is, "Be proud of your language and grounded in your identity." Anric Sitanilei explores what this means, in both Gagana Samoa and English.
Week in Politics: Party members cop heat over problematic remarks and plans
Analysis - National pulls out of the bipartisan agreement on housing density and gets itself into a muddle over bilingual road signs, while the prescription fee saga rumbles on.
