As Moana sailed the Pacific late last year in her traditional canoe on the big screen, a heated debate raged online over the ownership of this potent symbol that unites Pacific islanders. The ...

Thanks to her starring role in the hit Netflix series The Night Agent, Kiwi-Tongan actress Luciane Buchanan's face is now ...

Unlike private or group classes which are effective but expensive, language learning apps are affordable and can be used at my own leisure. I’ve tried them here and there in the past ...

First Person – RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously.Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific First ...

Additionally, revisions to core curricula—covering mathematics, science, English, and Tongan language—are progressing, with the World Bank funding supporting training and implementation of these new ...

Machine learning is bringing us closer to a Babel-fish-style universal translation device. Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a ...

Researchers at tech giant Meta have created a machine-learning system that almost instantaneously translates speech in 101 languages into words spoken by a voice synthesizer in any of 36 target ...

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Dr ‘Aisake Valu Eke was elected Prime Minister of Tonga on 24 December 2024, defeating Dr Viliami Uasike Latu, the other candidate, by 16 votes to 8 in a secret ballot. The election resulted from the ...

Learning a language can’t be that hard — every baby in the world manages to do it in a few years. Figuring out how the process works is another story. Linguists have devised elaborate theories to ...

UK registered charity BetBlocker has expanded its blocking software support with the addition of Bemba, Nyanja and Tonga languages. This marks the company’s first language support specifically ...

the efforts of Indigenous peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen Indigenous languages and cultures; and to strengthen Indigenous cultural identities and participation in Canadian ...