Language

New Zealand Sign Language Week has just finished - So what do we know about our third official language ? About 20,000 people identify as using New Zealand Sign Language.Katy Gosset meets some of them… Audio

Dotted along Wellington's waterfront are plaques and inlaid benches quoting from some of New Zealand's finest writers. Accompanied by Spectrum's Jack Perkins, Rosemary Wildblood, Barbara Murison and… Audio

Author of six novels, most recently The Bone Clocks, and translator with his wife Keiko Yoshida of The Reason I Jump, written at the age of 13 by autistic child Naoki Higishida. David Mitchell will… Audio

Alistair Knott is teaching a computer "baby" to speak different languages to see if syntax and sensory-motor experiences are linked Audio

The Māori word of the week is: Te Ika-a-Māui. The fish of Māui. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: manu - bird. Whanaihia nga manu ki te ika. Feed fish to the birds. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: Papatūānuku - Earth. Ko Papatūānuku te ingoa Māori mō te ao. Papatūānuku is the Māori name for Earth. Audio

Discussing the relationship between science and creativity are Julie Maxton, Executive Director of the United Kingdom's Royal Society and Professor Bruce Sheridan, a New Zealand academic at Chicago's… Audio

In light of the AusTalk Project, linguist Bruce Birch from Australian National University's Iwaidja Documentation Project, is attempting to ascertain if Territorians speak differently to other… Audio

It's the largest group so far – 104 Mandarin language assistants are heading to primary and secondary schools across the country. Sponsored by the Confucius Institute at Victoria University and the… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: Kia maumahara tātou. Let us remember (lest we forget). Audio

Rebecca Macfie, Lloyd Jones and Gaylene Preston discuss dealing creatively with tough stuff through non-fiction, family memoir, and television drama at the 2014 Christchurch Word Writers and Readers… Audio

Helen Owen is analysing why different writing is perceived to be more honest and has found that connectors and simplicity play a role Audio

A travel-guide written in Chinese is being put out by the Automobile Association aimed at helping tourists and Chinese people who live here understand the road rules. Audio

Māori researchers say the Crown has adopted Māori concepts to fit its own agenda. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: horoi - wash. Harae mai, ka horoi tāua i ngā rīhi. Come and we (two) will wash the dishes. Audio