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Nau Mai Town
Justine Murray is back with this week's episode of Nau Mai Town, RNZ's podcast about Maori place names, this week she is in Moerewa, also known as Tuna Town. The story behind the name is based on a… Audio
Spoken Feature: Nau Mai Town
The story behind our Maori place names, that's the vibe of the podcast Nau Mai Town producer Justine Murray is back with a fresh season and she's taking us to Wanaka, in Otago South Island. Audio
'The ick' and 'boop': The newest entries in the dictionary
The new additions are among more than 3200 words and phrases introduced this year.
The Pre-Panel for 26th July 2024
Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and discusses when is it too young to swear, and overcoming peer pressure. Audio
Pasifika card game reaches new milestone
A Pasifika card game that is helping weave meaningful conversations is now available in Whitcoulls. Audio
Waipapa Taumata Rau Auckland University's new ReoSpace
Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland University has opened a new space dedicated to speaking Te Reo Maori. ReoSpace was opened on Wednesday at Te Tumu Herenga, the university's library. Kaiarahi and PhD… Audio
Samoa's first monolingual dictionary
A Samoan-only dictionary has been years in the making. Now, it's here.
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Fau Gagana - podcast about mental health from 'Samoan perspective'
Auckland University of Technology nursing lecturer, Dr Ioana Mulipola, wants the Samoan community to normalise talking about mental health from "Samoan perspective". Audio
Learn to kōrero about the Olympics in te reo Māori
A new bilingual resource, containing more than 1000 terms and phrases across 30 Olympic Games sporting codes, has been created. Audio
'Ten Nosey Weka', a book helping to revive ta rē Moriori
Ta rē Moriori, the indigenous language of Rekohu A.K.A the Chatham Islands is having a revival. Author Kate Preece realised that her husband didn't know how to 10 in the language of his karāpuna. She… Audio
The science behind your baby's babbling
A video of Liverpool-based 19-month old baby Orla arguing with her babysitter went viral last week. Even though Orla wasn't using words, people commented that her babbles carried a clear Liverpool or… Audio
Treaty Principles Bill translation fails 'international... ethical standards'
A group of licensed Māori translators have hit out at the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill, calling it factually incorrect and misleading.
The Panel With Deborah Hart & Selwyn Manning (Part 2)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Deborah Hart & Selwyn Manning discuss the start of six monthly seminars for people on Jobseekers, and Antarctic English. Deborah Hart is Chair of… Audio
Real estate mandatory Te Tiriti training under judicial review
Auckland real estate agent Janet Dickson is in court seeking a judicial review against her industry body over mandatory Te Tiriti training. RNZ te manu korihi reporter Pokere Paewai is covering the… Audio
Waitangi Tribunal to hear closing arguments in Te Reo inquiry
The Waitangi Tribunal will hear closing submissions today in the inquiry into Te Reo in the Public Sector. Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira reports. Audio
'Welcome to my world': Crown lawyers 'struggle' with te reo at hearing
Crown lawyers apologised for long pauses at a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into claims the government's policy is causing significant, irreversible harm to te reo Māori.
Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon
Pacific correspondent Eleisha Foon joins Kathryn Ryan. Audio
What seems like 'just a small ceremony' is 'righting some wrongs'
Mayor Tory Whanau says the new street name correctly recognises chief Hōniana Te Puni.
The real change in education
Out with Reading Recovery; in with structured literacy. There's a big change coming for New Zealand's young readers Audio
The history of the word 'woke'
Auckland University's professor Neal Curtis says the term originates from African-American communities living through segregation and reflects upon how the term has since changed. Audio
