Language

A Porirua man has been reconnected with a unique part of his Cook Island heritage. Tengaepu o te Rangi Tararo is originally from the island of Mauke in the Cook Islands. He's a father of six… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: homai - pass to me. Homai he inu māku. Pass me the drink (please). Audio

Children with Down syndrome can be princes and princesses too. Katy Gosset meets the woman behind a petition that calls for Disney to make an animated film with disabled characters. She also finds out… Audio

Massey University's Dr France Grenaudier-Klijn is a New Zealand-based champion of the recently announced Nobel Prize winner for literature, Patrick Mondiano. She explains why, until he won the prize… Audio

Stage and screen actor, producer and standup comedian whose standup show Force Majeure has played in 25 countries on five continents since March 2013, and will visit New Zealand in February 2015. Audio

Established to enhance understanding between China and countries around the globe, the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute is being celebrated by three universities in New Zealand. Lynda is at… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: marama - moon. Ka whiti te marama i te pō. The moon shines at night. Audio

Female genital mutilation (FGM): It's illegal in NZ but there are varying types of FGM that range from type 1 to type 3 and many women may regard this practice as part of their culture. Lynda… Video, Audio

The Māori word of the week is: Tāwhirimātea - god of the wind. Ngā Tohu a Tāwhirimātea. The signs of Tāwhirimātea. Audio

The Māori word of the week is: wahine - woman. He kaiako tērā wahine. That woman is a teacher. Audio

Dr Arik Kershenbaum explains the new research that looks at animal communication and the link to human language - at the moment no one knows how language has evolved. Audio

Professor of English literature and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge, visiting New Zealand as the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of… Audio

Author of the book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of Family and Exile, which tells the story of her father, one of the exiled Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. Audio

She's outrageously outspoken and passionate about our history. Lynda Chanwai-Earle hears from the New Zealand Chinese author Mee-mee Phipps about her second historical novel Destinies Divided, a book… Audio

The Māori word of the week is: kaiko - teacher. Hoatu te āporo ki te kaiako. Give the apple to the teacher. Audio

Painter, poet, curator and writer Gregory O'Brien is the author of a number of books, most recently the collection Beauties of the Octagonal Pool (AUP, 2012). He will discuss Puna Wai Korero: an… Audio

Founder and singer of Moana and the Tribe, and member of electronic duo Pitch Black (respectively), who have collaborated on the Tribe's fifth album, Rima. Audio

St Jerome is the patron saint of translators. On Tuesday, St Jerome's day, expert translator John Jamieson will put his skills to the test before a live audience as part of 'The Transparent… Audio

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses vocabulary development in children - why it's so important, what factors impact on language development, and what parents can do. Audio