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

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.

Pinky Bar

A Cadbury's confectionary bar. Marshmallow and caramel covered in milk chocolate. By some sort of criminal injustice it seems this very sweet treat is produced by Cadbury in New Zealand only.

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.

Haka

The haka is the traditional dance of the New Zealand Maori. It is a group posture dance with vigorous body movements, feet stamping and rhythmically shouted war dance words.

Not all haka are war dances, however, and some are performed by women and children.

The haka we are familar with is normally performed before matches by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. However it is now more commonly used as a welcome to New Zealand for VIPs visiting this wonderful country

Dairy

A term applied to the traditional "corner store" or "convenience store" selling milk, bread, papers, convenience foods and dairy produce (the basics). The only type of store permitted to open on Christmas day and Good Friday, for a short time, without a licence.

Bach

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

Black Caps (Blackcaps)

The national cricket team of New Zealand

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Maori

The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand

Judder Bars

Speed bumps or humps in the road usually to restrict vehicle speed.

All Blacks

The National Rugby Union team of New Zealand. named, perhaps not surprisingly, because of their "all black" home rugby kit.