"Born and Bred in New Zealand (Aotearoa) " a New Zealand Travel Page by shelnlin

I am a New Zealander, I was born in the city of Hamilton in the Waikato (Why cat toe) district in the North Island.

Hamilton is home to approximately 110,000 people and is home to the Waikato provincial Rugby team. It is a lush area where many farms can be found. My own Grandparents own a Sheep farm not far from Hamilton in the King Country district just out of Te Kuiti (tee - que-it-ee) which is 78 kilometres away, (not far really, well by NZ standards!).

Hamilton is also home to the Waikato University and to the Waikato river. This river is the longest of it's kind and is 425 kilometres long.

I am proud to be a "Kiwi" , it is a lovely part of the world. I may sound bias because it is my own country but it really does have a lot of wonderful qualties about it. Just recently New Zealand reached the 4 million mark in it's population, it is still reasonably small but not overpopulated and I think that is the way some people like it.

The first man to climb Mt Everest comes from here (Sir Edmund Hillary) and we produce some of the world's best diary products. Our infamous Kiwifruit (Chinese Gooseberry) has become popular with many people worldwide and we are the first country in the world to see the sun rise each day.

Having travelled quite a bit throughout my own country, I really must say it certainly is a beautiful place. I know this may sound biast but it truly is and I hope to take some photographs of how lovely this place really is very soon ( I have just got back from the Middle East).

HOW TO SPEAK NEW ZEALAND. FOR BIST EFICT, RID THESE OUT ALOUD!!!

Thanks to my friend Antony from Australia for these interesting array of words!


>> >> >>>Milbun - capital of Victoria ((Melbourne- capital of Victoria in Australia)
>> >> >>>Peck - to fill a suitcase (pack)
>> >> >>>Pissed aside - chemical which kills insects (pestiside)
>> >> >>>Pigs - for hanging out washing with ( clothes pegs)
>> >> >>>Pump - to act as agent for prostitute (pimp)
>> >> >>>Pug - large animal with a curly tail (pig)
>> >> >>>Nin tin dough - computer game (Nintendo)
>> >> >>>Munner stroney - soup (Minestrone soup)
>> >> >>>Min - male of the species (Man)
>> >> >>>Mess Kara - eye makeup (Mascara)
>> >> >>>McKennock - person who fixes cars (mechanic)
>> >> >>>Mere - Mayor (mayor)
>> >> >>>Leather - foam produced from soap (lather)
>> >> >>>Lift - departed (left)
>> >> >>>Kiri Pecker - famous Australian businessman (Kerry Packer)
>> >> >>>Kittle crusps - potato chips (Kettle fries/Kettle chips/ we rarely say crisps in NZ!).
>> >> >>>Ken's - Cairns (city in North Queensland in Australia)
>> >> >>>Jumbo - pet name for someone called Jim (Jimbo- actually my father occassionally gets called this! ha ha!!)
>> >> >>>Jungle Bills - Christmas carol (jingle bells)
>> >> >>>Inner me - enemy
>> >> >>>Guess - vapour (gas)
>> >> >>>Fush - marine creatures (fish... I think we have heard to many stories of us Kiwis saying fush and chups!)
>> >> >>>Fitter cheney - type of pasta (Fettucine)
>> >> >>>Ever cardeau - avocado
>> >> >>>Fear hear - blonde (fair hair)
>> >> >>>Ear - mix of nitrogen and oxygen (air)
>> >> >>>Ear roebucks - exercise at the gym (aerobics)
>> >> >>>Duffy cult - not easy (difficult)
>> >> >>>Amejen - visualise (imagine)
>> >> >>>Day old chuck/chook - very young poultry
>> >> >>>Bug hut - popular recording (big hit)
>> >> >>>Bun button - been bitten by insect
>> >> >>>Beard - a place to sleep (bed)
>> >> >>>Chully Bun - Esky (chilly bin)
>> >> >>>Sucks Peck - Half a dozen beers (six pack)
>> >> >>>Ear New Zulland - an extinct airline (Air New Zealand)
>> >> >>>Beers - large savage animals found in U.S. forests (bears)
>> >> >>>Veerjun - mythical New Zealand maiden (virgin)
>> >> >>>One Doze - what you look out of to see the view or well known computer (window/windows)
>> >> >>>operating system
>> >> >>>Sex - one less than sivven (six- we say six the Aussies say sex!!!!!!!)
>> >> >>>Iggs Ecktly - Precisely ! (excatly)
>> >> >>>Beggage Chucken - place to leave your suitcase at the earport (Baggage check in)

You can see another Kiwi list with a twist in my Packing list page. New Zealander's have different words for different items or is perhaps the rest of the world has different words than us? Anyway check it out and you will see what I mean!