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A professional photo of AUT alum Alan Wendt practicing NZSL-interpreting, dressed in a blue shirt.

AUT and the growth of NZSL interpreters

Language and culture
05 May, 2026
The training of interpreters bridged the Deaf community with wider society and increased the visibility of NZSL as a language deserving of recognition.
A black man and a Japanese woman usin a smartphone translation app to converse with each other.

Why studying languages still matters

Language and culture
15 Apr, 2026
Translation applications now produce a sentence in the time it takes to blink. It is breathtaking – and sometimes a bit eerie – but it helps us reac...

Decolonisation in the Canary Islands

Language and culture
18 Mar, 2026
People in the Canary Islands are not formally recognised as Indigenous peoples within Spain’s legal and political frameworks.

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