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Our Maori news team, Te Manu Korihi, brings you highlights of the weeks' Maori news, including: - an initiative by South Island iwi, Ngai Tahu to keep Maori babies alive and plans are underway to get… Audio

Is it ok for for local body politicians to swear in council meetings? Audio

Professor Sharon Harvey talks about the need for te reo Maori and if there are other languages it would be more useful for us to learn. Audio

The head of the Tertiary Education Union says it's dangerous that government departments are withholding data and clamping down on public commentary from academics. Audio

Kate discusses three children's non-fiction books: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Timeline by Peter Goes, and Shackleton's Journey by William Grill. Audio

Poet, playwright, musician and novelist who was the youngest person to win the Ted Hughes Award, for her epic narrative poem Brand New Ancients; her first full-length poetry collection, Hold Your Own… Audio

Director of Dr Johnson's House Trust, who has written extensively on Samuel Johnson, and author of The Fortunes of Francis Barber: the True Story of the Jamaican Slave Who Became Samuel Johnson's… Audio

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