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Kate's Klassic: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Kim Hill talks to poet Kate Camp about the 1958 novella by Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Audio
Robert Forster: Grant McLennan and the Go-Betweens
Kim Hill talks to Brisbane singer-songwriter Robert Forster, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens. The band, formed in 1977, made… Audio
Teenage te reo speakers attend first wananga reo for youth
About 50 teenagers from schools around Auckland are spending their holidays in Rānui, attending the first wananga reo specifically for their age group, where they will speak only Te Reo Māori. Audio
Why adjectives have set the internet ablaze
Did you know when you describe something your adjectives should go in a certain order? That's why we're the land of the long white cloud, not the white long cloud. Audio
Poetry with Gregory O'Brien
Kim Hill talks to painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien, who discusses The Collected Poems of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, and the new edition of Small Holes in the Silence: Collected Works… Audio
Sarah Laing: Katherine Mansfield and comics
Kim Hill talks to graphic designer, illustrator, and writer Sarah Laing. She is co-editor (with Rae Joyce and Indira Neville) of Three Words: an Anthology of Aoteraoa/NZ Women's Comics (Beatnik… Audio, Gallery
Shakespeare with David Lawrence: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Kim Hill talks to David Lawrence is research and development consultant for the Popup Globe, and director of The Bacchanals, a Wellington theatre company he founded in 2000 to explore text-based… Audio
As their nation sinks, Tuvaluans raise their language
New Zealand's Tuvalu community is celebrating its language week with a reminder of the country's vulnerability to climate change. Audio
Tuvaluans celebrate Tuvaluan Language Week
Tuvalu is celebrating its culture with Tuvaluan Language Week, and many in New Zealand are joining in the celebrations. Video, Audio
Month-long commitment to te reo hard work
Two Māori broadcasters who made a commitment to speak only Māori during the month of September say even just getting their daily coffee fix was a challenge in a world where te reo is rarely spoken.
Tuvalu Language Week focuses attention on climate change
This week New Zealand is marking Tuvalu Language Week - Te Vaiaso o te 'Gana Tuvalu, for the fourth time.
Piri Sciascia: performing arts, language and Te Māori
Kim Hill talks to Professor Piri Sciascia, ONZM, retired recently as Deputy Vice Chancellor Maori at Victoria University of Wellington. He was one of four recipients of Nga Tohu a Ta Kingi Ihaka at… Audio
A medical journal like no other
One doesn't usually associate poetry and fiction with medical journals. But Helen Ker has combined medicine and creative writing to create a literary medical journal focussing on the human body. It's… Audio
Children's verbal development
The government is lauching an investigation into the stunted development of verbal skills in young children. Audio
Tongan community in NZ fight for language's growth
Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e Lea Faka-Tonga or Tongan Language Week was celebrated in New Zealand this week. Video, Audio
Kate Pullinger: digital fictions
Kim Hill talks to Kate Pullinger, Professor of Creative Writing and Digital Media at Bath Spa University, who writes fiction for print and digital platforms, including Inanimate Alice, an ongoing… Audio
Tongan hip hop artist keeps the language alive
Rizvan Tu'itahi's first introduction to music was through the Tongan songs his parents would sing to him as a child - now he promotes the language in his own music. Video, Audio
Tongan MC keeps the language alive
Celebrating Tongan Language Week, Kiwi-Tongan MC Rizván Tu’itahi introduces his track 'Phoenix'. Video, Audio
A Vanuatu language adapts to social change
Social change in the form of increased mobility and advances in telecommunications aren't neccessarily detrimental to the survival of endangered languages, according to a linguistics expert who has… Audio
History - and the hardest word to say
Professor Giselle Byrnes, Massey University professor of History, on asking questions of the past and when and how we say sorry. Audio
