Google AI
The Times Australia

'You can’t speak what you can’t hear' – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages

  • Written by: Dion Enari, Lecturer in Sport and Recreation, Auckland University of Technology
'You can’t speak what you can’t hear' – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languagesBlack Ferns rugby star Ruby Tui after winning the 2022 women's Rugby World Cup.Getty Images

We’re becoming more used to hearing and seeing te reo Māori in everyday use these days. And Pacific languages are becoming increasingly familiar too – especially during the Pacific language weeks now under way.

But if there’s one forum...

Read more: 'You can’t speak what you can’t hear' – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vu...

Times Magazine

A quality cut to bills for Beaufort butcher

Victorians are increasingly turning to Easy Electric SEC to better understand their home energy op...

Mentoring - Raising a child is more than providing for one

Food, shelter, safety and schooling are essential. But the guidance children receive about how to ...

Harmony Launches Voice AI Platform to Turn Customer Conversations into Revenue

Harmony’s proprietary, task-specific LLMs respond in about 200 milliseconds and produce a contact ra...

Technology

Harmony Launches Voice AI Platform …

Harmony’s proprietary, task-specific LLMs respond in about 200 milliseconds and produce a contact ra...

Local News

Brisbane Launches Zero Dollar Store…

A Brisbane-based online marketplace is taking a different approach to buying and selling: everything...

Culture

Mince on the menu: Australians stretch dinner…

Dinner can reveal more about household finances than an economic speech. The steak becomes mince...

Travel

Broome and Byron Bay: protecting the environm…

On opposite sides of Australia, two celebrated coastal destinations face a shared challenge: maint...

The Times Features

A quality cut to bills for Beaufort butcher

Victorians are increasingly turning to Easy Electric SEC to better understand their home energy op...

Australia’s housing downturn is spreading — and another…

Home values are falling, but cheaper property does not automatically mean more affordable housing...

Mince on the menu: Australians stretch dinner as living…

Dinner can reveal more about household finances than an economic speech. The steak becomes mince...