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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T01:27:09.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ\n\n\n\n  \n    Dr Sidney Wong. Photo: Otago University  \n\n  \n\nA researcher and computational linguist says the government's push to make English an official language in New Zealand raises a question of \"what exactly is English being protected from?\".",
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