Language

More than a million people came together today to share a moment in Te Reo Māori.

It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Langauge Week, and the moment is one of the week's pinnacle events.

Jamie Tahana… Audio

More than 1.1 million people gathered around the country at Midday today to embrace te reo Māori in some way for Māori language week.

E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona… Audio

Increasing numbers of people are using the web, apps and social media to learn te reo Māori and promote the language. 

Surveys suggest most Māori aren't learning te reo in the classroom - but instead… Audio

It's Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week. And those behind the reo's revitalisation say the language is at a point it hasn't been in generations.

But with huge waitlists for classes and a… Audio

It is Tongan Language Week. Tongans make up about 1.7 percent of New Zealand's population - our Pacific population is expected to reach 414,000 this year. Max Towle spoke to Tongan-born Labour MP… Audio

Covid has once again put a dampener on Tongan Language Week celeberations, with most of our Tongan population in locked down-Tamaki Makaurau. However in quintessential Mate Ma'a Tonga fashion, the… Audio

It is Mahuru Māori - the month long reo-Māori challenge. This year's month is in line with the Maramataka - Māori Calendar - with the new moon starting today or Whiro. Mahuru Māori was started by… Audio

Te reo Maori advocate and teacher, Professor Scotty Morrison shares some modern Maori phrases. It's been 10 years since his first Raupo Phrasebook of Modern Maori hit the shelves. Audio

Those behind a month-long challenge to speak as much Te Reo Māori as possible say they're staggered by how popular it's become. 

Today is the first day of Mahuru Māori, a month long celebration of… Audio

Speech writer David Slack joins the show to talk about the rules of what can and can't be said when you're toasting the happy couple. Audio

After flying under the radar for 25 years, student radio station bFM's expletive-laden BSA promo landed in front of the Authority. So why was the complaint not upheld?

Dennis Viehland joins Jesse to talk about how to write a good trail guide. Audio

New research suggests people in Britain swear less than they did 30 years ago, but they are also slipping in the "f word" more than in the past.

The researchers estimate the use of "bloody" - the… Audio

Would Hiroshima have been bombed if the Japanese language contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Did a mistaken translation of the Italian "canali" -- or channels -- shape the space race to Mars… Audio