Learn about the difference between accent and dialect, the brilliant variety of accents and dialects in the English language, and the ways writers can use dialects in fiction. Slang Slang is the ...

Staff at a hospital in New Zealand have expressed their fury at a memo banning them from speaking non-English, including ...

BBC Studios is launching sales of the Warp Films series from William Mager, starring Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie ...

Waikato public hospital has told nurses not to speak to patients in any language other than English. A memo sent to all ...

Retirees who want to live overseas may find the transition easier if they live someplace where English is widely spoken. English is commonly spoken in major cities across the world, but retirees ...

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation says Waikato hospital's English language mandate for nurses in clinical settings reeks of systemic racism. In a statement Director of Operations for Waikato, ...

Toastmasters International is turning 100 this year, and a local chapter is celebrating the event with a special event.

NZ’s chief executive Margie Apa says health professionals should “exercise their professional judgment” when considering what ...

Health Minister Shane Reti says nurses should be able to speak a language other than English with their patients after ...