Tag: Language

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager A new language app developed for Gagana Samoa -- the Samoan language --...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A new online survey by Te Ipukarea, the National Māori Language Institute at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), confirms that attitudes towards Te Reo...

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...

Auckland University of Technology's annual Samoan Language Week debate - that "technology will be the death of Samoan language" (o le a liu efuefu...

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...

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...

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...

Organisers were delighted with the success of the first of three national Ethnic Communities Engagement summit in Auckland on Saturday - and the role...

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...

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...

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...