New Zealand English
dialect within the English language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New Zealand English is the English that is spoken in New Zealand. The words are mostly the same as in British English but are pronounced differently.
Some words are found only in or have special meanings in New Zealand English. They include dairy (corner shop; small grocery shop), bach (small holiday house, often near the beach), heaps (lots of, i.e. "I ate heaps of pavlova last Christmas"), and tramping (hiking).[1]
- Flickerwell. "New Zealand Style Guide". New Zealand Style Guide. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
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