Editing New Zealand English (section)

==Phonology==
{{Main|New Zealand English phonology}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right"
|+ Variation in New Zealand vowels
! rowspan="2" | [[Lexical set]]
! rowspan="2" | Phoneme
! colspan="2" | Phonetic realisation{{sfnp|Gordon|Maclagan|2004|p=609}}
|-
! Cultivated
! Broad
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|DRESS}}
| {{IPA|/e/}}
| {{IPAblink|e̞}}
| {{IPAblink|ɪ}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|TRAP}}
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}}
| {{IPAblink|æ}}
| {{IPAblink|ɛ̝}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|KIT}}
| {{IPA|/ə/}} 
| {{IPAblink|ɪ̠}}
| {{IPAblink|ə}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|NEAR}}
| {{IPA|/iə/}}
| {{IPA|[i̞ə]}}, {{IPA|[e̝ə]}}
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA|[i̞ə]}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|SQUARE}}
| {{IPA|/eə/}}
| {{IPA|[e̞ə]}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|FACE}}
| {{IPA|/æɪ/}}
| {{IPA|[æɪ]}}
| {{IPA|[ɐɪ]}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|PRICE}}
| {{IPA|/ɑɪ/}}
| {{IPA|[ɑ̟ɪ]}}
| {{IPA|[ɒ̝ˑɪ]}}, {{IPA|[ɔɪ]}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|GOAT}}
| {{IPA|/ɐʉ/}}
| {{IPA|[ɵʊ]}}
| {{IPA|[ɐʉ]}}
|- align="center"
| {{sc2|MOUTH}}
| {{IPA|/æʊ/}}
| {{IPA|[aʊ]}}
| {{IPA|[e̞ə]}}
|}

Not all New Zealanders have the same accent, as the level of cultivation (i.e. the closeness to [[Received Pronunciation]]) of every speaker's accent differs. An identifiable feature of New Zealand English is its [[chain shift]] where the {{sc2|TRAP}} vowel has moved up to the place of the traditional {{sc2|DRESS}} vowel, which in turn has moved up towards the traditional {{sc2|KIT}} vowel, which in turn is centralised. This makes "bat" sound like "bet", "bet" sound like "bit", and "bit" sound like "but" to foreign ears. For example "six" is {{IPA|[səks]}} in New Zealand English but {{IPA|[sɪks]}} in Australian English. General New Zealand English is [[Rhoticity in English|non-rhotic]], however Southland is semi-rhotic due to the accent's Scottish influence.{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}