Language

Peter Sokolowski is the Editor at Large at Merriam-Webster. He's defined and edited entries for many of the company's dictionaries, he also serves as pronouncer for spelling bees around the world… Audio

There are fears that the Motu language, one of the official languages of Papua New Guinea, could be lost soon. Audio

This week on One In Five: student life in Dunedin. Katy Gosset pays an early visit to a Caversham flat to catch its five busy inhabitants before they head off to their South Dunedin campus. Like most… Audio

An audio illusion - once you know what you're hearing you'll hear it, and games with words - find out which breed of English you speak. Audio

New Zealand jewellers and curators of Wunderrūma, an exhibition at the Dowse featuring pieces by contemporary New Zealand artists alongside Māori taonga and Pacific and historical European pieces. Audio

Thirty commonly mispronounced food words (and how to say them correctly). Audio

Senior Lecturer of Mathematics at the University of Canterbury, and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow reading original texts in the Exact Sciences in Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Cuneiform. Audio

Kate Camp discusses the 1952 novel The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Audio

Author, playwright and broadcaster who is a regular panelist on the quiz programme QI, and is a guest of the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

Judge Ajit Swaran Singh: He was the first Fiji-born Indian Judge to be appointed to the District Court bench in New Zealand, serving in Manukau, our country's third largest city holding the most… Audio

A new collection of essays asks if te reo and the marae are in crisis, while investigating how the internet can make them more relevant for our tamariki. Audio

What's your favourite sign? That's both the question and video campaign from Deaf Aotearoa on the eve of New Zealand Sign Language Week (12 – 18 May 2014)

Last year's Census showed the numbers of… Audio

Vaitea is a NZ born Italian living in London - she talks to Emma Smith about being a trilingual rapper. Audio

Kim Hill reads messages from listeners to the Saturday Morning programme of 10 May 2014 Audio

British author and journalist, and great granddaughter of Ernest Gowers, whose 1948 English usage guide Plain Words she has just updated. Audio

Measuring non-native English speakers' accents show changes depending on the situation and what they are talking about Audio

Split infinitives, long sentences and the word that are all off-limits to those who draft letters and speeches for the Attorney-General and Government Minister, Chris Finlayson. Audio

Defining and defending equality for women with feminist blogger Deborah Russell. This time Deborah focuses on the words we use to describe women. Audio

Author of the Schott's Miscellany series, and the new book Schottenfreude: German Words for the Human Condition. Audio