Trans Tasman Migration

We encourage everyone to learn te reo Māori, but if not done well and ethically, it could be another wave of colonisation.

How can I speak English, you wonder, yet not this English? Is this a dialect or a practical joke?

Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.

Legislation will require government communications to be clear and concise, but opposition says monitoring will add more bureaucracy

This Day Tonight asks people on the street the meaning of Aussie slang terms.

Former NRL premiership winner Issac Luke calls out members of Fox Sports and Channel Nine commentary teams for mispronouncing "Māori" throughout the All Stars broadcast last Saturday.

The Australian summer has provided its own colourful vocabulary over the years, from Spooners to speedos and bush walks to hikes.

The Macquarie Dictionary has chosen "doomscrolling" and "rona" as its words of the year. The Australian National Dictionary chose "iso". Is "quazza" too far?

New linguistic research has found foreign-language migrants possess an extraordinary ability to identify Aussie slang, despite being new to it.

Maaaate, there could be hope for me yet. I used to find “darl” or “hun” terribly fake and twee, but I’m coming around.

Whether you're a tradie or working on the land, when it's time to take a load off that means it's time for smoko. But where did this iconic Australian word originate?

There’s a lot to the pronunciation of the word ‘no’ in an Australian accent.

New research shows there is still a lot of love for rhyming slang – but mostly among older Australians.

Be careful before heading to the local pub in New South Wales and ordering a parma with a pot. You may as well be speaking Dutch.

An American university has banned the expression ‘no worries’. Here are some other words and phrases that confuse speakers of different versions of English.

An extensive study is underway to catalogue Australian slang, its origins, and why is is such as important part of our language.

A new University of Melbourne online resource – the 50 Words Project – makes words from local Indigenous languages available for everyone to hear and learn.

To save you from confusion, we've rounded up a list of popular Kiwi slang and provided you with definitions.