Steinie

Term applied to New Zealands native lager beer, Steinlager. e.g. "I'm going out for a Steinie!"

Bust a gut

To try extremely hard. To put all your energy into doing something.

Boomer

Excellent or Super !

rattle your dags

hurry up, get a move on, step on it

rack off

A quite forceful way of saying go away or p**s off

Pack a sad

This is a weird phrase even by slang standards. Means to become moody or bad tempered. Can also be used to refer to something that is broken. e.g. My TV packed a sad.

Arvo

Abbreviation of afternoon. e.g. This arvo = this afternoon

Anklebiter

A small child

Shippie

A prostite "working" the ships docked at New Zealand's ports.

Rellies

A word used in place of family or relatives.

Prang

A relatively minor vehicle accident. Is also used as a verb e.g. "Sorry love I've just pranged the car".

Bach

Bach pronounced "Batch" is quite simply a New Zealand holiday home, like the one pictured above

shit a brick

An exclamation of shock or surprise. Not surprisingly it is not the agonizing excretion of a block of cement!

Chilly Bin

 A sealable insulated (usually with polystyrene) box. Keeps food and drink cold

Wop-Pops

A remote location

Tangata Whenua

The people of the land

Pakeha

New Zealanders who are not of the Maori blood line. Most are of British or, to a lesser extent, Irish decent. However some other European countries also play a part. The term Pakeha is therefore normally only applied to those NewZealanders who can trace their origins back to Europe.