Tag: Language
Radio station develops app to spread Gagana Samoa to the world
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A new language app developed for Gagana Samoa -- the Samoan language --...
NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign...
By Rayssa Almeida, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand's Māori Party co-leader says the opposition National Party should go back to school if it thinks including...
TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters
By AUT News
Television New Zealand Breakfast host John Campbell has highlighted the essential work that translators and interpreters do.
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee and Auckland...
Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be...
By AUT Pacific
It is Fijian Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to celebrate, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched the Fiji episode...
Cook Islands episode in AUT Pacific language series launched
The Cook Islands language video.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Cook Islands episode in AUT’s Pacific language video series – "Adapting to a changing world, shaping...
Elite groups ‘contain’ nuclear food safety debate, says researcher
By Jean Bell in Auckland
A loose collection of elite groups shape the global language and thinking around food safety in the nuclear era, says...
Te Reo Māori should be compulsory in NZ primary schools, says...
A new online survey by Te Ipukarea, the National Māori Language Institute at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), confirms that attitudes towards Te Reo...
Fiji deports US citizen for ‘swearing at president’, claims government
By Talebula Kate in Suva
A United States national has been deported after swearing at the President of Fiji, Jioji Konrote, last week, it was...
Pacific voices: ‘Are Samoans starting to talk to a phone –...
Auckland University of Technology's annual Samoan Language Week debate - that "technology will be the death of Samoan language" (o le a liu efuefu...
Pacific voices: Connecting with Samoan language, myths and culture
Language and culture can tell us a lot about where we come from. For these New Zealand-born Samoans, this at the heart of truly...
France, New Caledonia support education, ‘francophone’ steps in Vanuatu
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Leingkone and Education Minister Jean-Pierre Nirua have visited Noumea within the framework of the regional cooperation...
First-year sign language student takes out top NZ award
By Melanie Cooper
A documentary exploring why New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) isn’t a language option in secondary schools, despite being one of New Zealand’s...
Images: Ethnic communities engage – let’s develop and grow
Organisers were delighted with the success of the first of three national Ethnic Communities Engagement summit in Auckland on Saturday - and the role...
TPP deal signed off as thousands take to central Auckland to...
Te Karere TVNZ
New Zealand is now officially part of the world's largest ever free trade deal.
Local officials joined ministers from 11 other countries to...
Pasifika Renaissance calls for Pacific oral histories on video
From Pacific Media Centre
Pasifika Renaissance, an NGO dedicated to Pacific oral histories, has appealed to groups documenting traditional knowledge to upload stories to their...
AUT video series promotes Pacific languages
Report by Pacific Media Watch
The loss of language is still a major concern for Pacific communities. With another year of language week celebrations almost...
