What is the Auckland accent?

Saturday Morning by RNZ

Sep 26, 202600:21:06Society & Culture

Linguist and speech researcher Dr Brooke Ross from the University of Auckland has been studying the overlooked sections of the New Zealand accent’s history, including the rise of perhaps its newest entry – the Auckland a...

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