Language

New Zealand's inaugural poet laureate, and founder of the International Institute of Modern Letters, whose new book, The Stories of Bill Manhire (VUP, ISBN: 9780864739254), collects stories from… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, discussing the Shakespeare plays The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew. Audio

Kate Camp discusses Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded, the 1740 novel by Samuel Richardson. Audio

Editors Robert Miller and John Dennison on An Outline of Psychiatry in Clinical Lectures, their translation of a collection of lectures by Carl Wernicke, a German pioneer of neurology and psychiatry.

Head of Drama at Denmark's public broadcaster DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation). She was the creative force behind groundbreaking Scandinavian noir series The Killing, executive produced subsequent… Audio

Known to many as the language police, Te Taura Whiri or the Maori Language Commission has dutifully promoted the use of Te Reo Maori for nearly 30 years. Audio

The good ol' Aussie accent has its origins in drunken slurring. Audio

Tokelauans around New Zealand are hoping that this week's events will help revive their endangered language. Audio

Operatore didattico at the Vatican Museums in Rome, who leads tours, lectures, and conducts seminars on theological aesthetics or the interdisciplinary study of religion and art. Audio

The Geographic Board is proposing getting rid of three South Island place names which incoporate the n-word. Audio

Three of New Zealand's most offensive and controversial place names will be replaced if the public supports a proposal before the Geographic Board. Audio

Naked Scientist Dr Chris Smith with the latest science news. Locating epilepsy in the brain and research on babies' ability to mimic sounds reveals the important role our tongues play in learning… Audio

Director of Wellington theatre company The Bacchanals, whose next production is Isaac Asimov's A Christmas Karel Capek at BATS in December. He discusses Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth. Audio

Literary scholar, critic, and senior editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, who teaches at Claremont McKenna College. His article about annotation, Down the Rabbit Hole, was published recently in… Audio

Tom Roa has spent the past three years, translating Alice in Wonderland into te reo Māori. Tom is a senior lecturer at the School of Maori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato. And he… Audio

Patrick Evans is the author of the first biography of the writer Janet Frame. His play based on his 2010 novel, Gifted, is playing at Wellington's Circa Theatre, and his new novel, The Back of His… Audio

Crimes against grammar are on the rise as is the snobbery around using proper English. Audio

Do non-human animals have language? What is the memory capacity of other species? Can animals learn abstract concepts and show creativity? These are some of the questions tackled by Victoria… Audio

Kate Camp has published five collections of poems, most recently Snow White's Coffin. She discusses Joan Didion's 2005 memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. Audio

Welsh performers who are touring New Zealand with their acclaimed show Hiraeth, telling the story of Jones' departure from her Welsh farm to London. Audio