Editing New Zealand English (section)

===New Zealandisms===
[[File:Thames Kumara n.jpg|thumb|Kūmara ([[sweet potato]]es) for sale in [[Thames, New Zealand|Thames]], New Zealand]]
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Some English words are used almost exclusively in New Zealand.

* ''[[Bach (New Zealand)|bach]]'' (noun) – cheaply built and basic holiday home; located at beaches throughout the country<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=bach |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-201 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |access-date=2023-11-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''Carbonettes'' (noun, especially in the [[North Island]]) – pieces of charcoal used in barbecues<ref name="genderi.org">{{Cite web |title=CHAPTER II. EXAMPLES OF COMMON WORDS AND GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE USED IN NEW ZEALAND |url=http://www.genderi.org/foreign-languages.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510183232/http://www.genderi.org/foreign-languages.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.genderi.org |language=az}}</ref>
* ''convert'' (verb) – to steal a car, hence also the name for car theft being ''car conversion''<ref name="genderi.org"/>
* ''chur'' (interj) — hello, cheers, thanks<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chur - te reo Māori words now official and included in the new Oxford English Dictionary |last=Los'e |first=Joseph |date=2023-03-15 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/chur-te-reo-maori-words-now-official-and-included-in-the-new-oxford-english-dictionary/3MINW42AQ5H5RICNKW5PLEZH6U/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=[[New Zealand Herald]] }}</ref>
* ''[[Bach (New Zealand)|crib]]'' (noun) – similar to ''bach'' (above), used more in [[Otago]] and [[Southland, New Zealand|Southland]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=crib |date=2010 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-1159 |access-date=2024-05-30 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''[[Dairy (store)|dairy]]'' (noun) – corner shop; convenience store.<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=dairy |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-1236 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |access-date=2023-11-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''durry'' (noun'') –'' cigarette<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=durry |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-1456 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |access-date=2023-11-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''[[eh]]?'' (particle) – used to elicit a response. Used much more in New Zealand than in the stereotypical [[Canadian English]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113796639/why-do-new-zealanders-say-eh-so-much|title=Why do New Zealanders say 'eh' so much?|first=Joel|last=MacManus|date=29 Jun 2019|access-date=25 May 2021|work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] }}</ref>
* ''handle'' (noun) – a 425–500 mL glass of beer with a handle, as sold in pubs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Handle Definition & Meaning {{!}} Britannica Dictionary |url=https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/handle |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''hardout/hard'' – used to show agreement, or used to show emphasis/intensity. Examples: Agreement: "Yeah hard/hardout". "He was running hardout."<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand slang {{!}} 100% Pure New Zealand |url=https://www.newzealand.com/uk/new-zealand-slang/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.newzealand.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* ''heaps'' (adjective, adverb) – abundant, plenty, plentifully. Examples: "There are heaps of cops surrounding the house." "I love you heaps." "Give it heaps!" – give it your best effort!<ref name="NZImm"/> often in cooking someone would say, "that's heaps" meaning 'that's too much'  (also used in Australia)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-28 |title=Definition of HEAP |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heap |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.merriam-webster.com |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}}
* ''[[Hokey pokey (ice cream)|hokey pokey]]'' (noun) – the New Zealand term for [[honeycomb toffee]]; also a flavour of [[ice cream]] consisting of plain vanilla ice cream with small, solid lumps of honeycomb toffee.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19271219.2.166.2&srpos=1&e=01-01-1839-19-01-1933--10--1-byDA---0hokey+pokey+recipe-- "Hokey Pokey"], Recipe, ''Evening Post'', 1927</ref><ref>{{citation |url=http://www.chelsea.co.nz/recipes/210/hokey-pokey.aspx |title=Chelsea Sugar – Hokey Pokey |publisher=Chelsea.co.nz |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-date=26 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426123321/http://www.chelsea.co.nz/recipes/210/hokey-pokey.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kiwiwise.co.nz/recipe/hokey-pokey |title=Hokey Pokey – New Zealand Kids Recipe at KiwiWise |publisher=Kiwiwise.co.nz |access-date=28 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kiwianatown.co.nz/kiwiana-recipes.html |title=Popular Kiwi recipes – pavlova, anzac biscuits, roast lamb, pikelets etc |publisher=Kiwianatown.co.nz |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-date=4 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604103210/http://www.kiwianatown.co.nz/kiwiana-recipes.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* ''jandals'' (noun) – the NZ term for [[flip-flops]]. Originally a trademarked name derived from "Japanese sandals".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/timeline/04/10|access-date=22 February 2017|title=Morris Yock trademarks the jandal|date=4 October 1957|publisher=New Zealand History}}</ref>
* ''jug'' (noun) – a kettle  (also used in Australia)<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=jug |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-2435 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |access-date=2023-11-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''kai'' (noun) – [[Māori language|Māori]] word meaning food, or something to eat, used by Māori and [[Pākehā]] alike<ref>{{Citation |last=Deverson |first=Tony |title=kai |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001/acref-9780195584974-e-2457 |work=The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms |access-date=2023-11-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584974.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-558497-4}}</ref>
* ''kūmara'' (noun) – sweet potato,<ref>{{cite web |title=kumara |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/kumara |website=dictionary.com |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> specifically those historically cultivated by Māori.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of KUMARA |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kumara |access-date=2024-05-10}}</ref> 
* ''munted'' (adj.) – broken; ruined; wrecked<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=English language in New Zealand - New words |encyclopedia=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |last=Bardsley |first=Dianne |year=2013 |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40335/munted |access-date=13 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Flood |first=Alison |title=Oxford English Dictionary extends hunt for regional words around the world |website=The Guardian |date=19 June 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/19/oxford-english-dictionary-extends-hunt-for-regional-words-around-the-world |access-date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
* ''puckerood'' (adj) – broken; busted; wrecked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/puckerood|access-date=30 July 2017|title=Definition of puckerood|work=Collins English Dictionary}}</ref> From Māori "''pakaru''" – to shatter<ref>{{Cite dictionary|title=pakaru |url=https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/4982 |access-date=2024-04-18 |dictionary=Te Aka Māori Dictionary |language=en}}</ref>
* ''sweet as!'' (interj) – cool; awesome<ref name=nmit>{{cite web |title=What are some of the slang terms I will hear in New Zealand? |url=https://support.nmit.ac.nz/kb/articles/what-are-some-of-the-slang-terms-i-will-hear-in-new-zealand |publisher=Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219183356/https://support.nmit.ac.nz/kb/articles/what-are-some-of-the-slang-terms-i-will-hear-in-new-zealand |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NZImm"/> 
* ''tramping'' (noun)'' tramp'' (verb) – Bushwalking, hiking. Usage is exclusive to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flickerwell |title=New Zealand Style Guide |url=https://styleguide.nz/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=New Zealand Style Guide |language=en-NZ}}</ref>