a into g : to get going (arse into gear)
ads : commercials, advertisements
A&P Show : Agricultural & Patoral Show. Basically, a county fair.
afo / arvo : Afternoon (Australian)
afternoon tea : light meal served between lunch and dinner
after match : social occasion after a rugby match
anklebiter : toddler, kids
arse : rear end, butt, ass
are you right? : are you OK?; are you ready?
ashfelt : tar
aubergine : eggplant, bringal
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banger : sausage
bach : small holiday home (see crib)
beaut : great; good fun
bed sitter : sleeper sofa
bit of a worry : troubling person or situation
big bickies : lots of money
biscuit : cookie
bloke : a man (used when referring either to a stranger or to someone you really like)
bloody-hell : all-purpose expletive
blow me down : expression of surprise
bludge : to live off the generosity of others, to sponge
Bob's your uncle : 'that's all there is to it'
bog-standard : Normal, average, usual.
bonk : to have sex with
bonnet : car hood
boot : car trunk
bomb : (referring to car) very old car in disrepair
boohai : awry; out of the way non-existant place. Answer to 'Where are you going?', and meaning either 'None of your business' or 'No place in particular'.
box : cup (device for protecting male genetalia)
box of birds (or budgies) : cheerful, happy, very good
brekkie : breakfast
boy-racer : young ruffian in a fast car with an unbelievably loud stereo
braces : suspenders
brassed off : disappointed, annoyed
brickie : bricklayer. From JT
brilliant : excellent; great; wonderful
bugalugs : mate
bugger all : not much, very little; as in "I know bugger all"
buggered : exhausted
bugger off : piss off, shove off, get out
bum : rear end, butt
bum-bag : fanny pack
bun-fight : social gathering with food
bun in the oven : pregnant
bush : forest
bust a gut : make an intense effort
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cackhanded : left-handed; southpaw
candyfloss : cottoncandy
capsicum : bell pepper
cardy : cardigan
car park : parking lot
caravan : trailer, mobile home
carked it : died, kicked the bucket
caustic soda : lye
cellotape : scotch tape
chat-up : flirt
cheeky : sassy, impish, insolent or impudent
cheers : good-bye; thank-you
chemist : pharmacy
chippy : carpenter
chips : french fries
chilly bin : cooler
chips : French fries
choc-a-block : very full
choice : very good
chook : chicken
chrissy : Christmas
chuffed : pleased
chunder : to vomit
cods wollop : untrue statement or remark
collywobbles : upset stomach
cor blimey : exclamation of disbelief, derived from "God blind me"
corker : very good
cornflour : cornstarch
cotton buds : cotton swabs
courgette : zucchini
cracker : very good
crib : small holiday home (see bach)
crikey dick! : wow! (or, as I say, "holy mother!")
crisps : potato chips
crook : ill, not well
cuppa : cup of coffee, tea, etc.
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dag : An amusing person or situation
dairy : convenience store
a deal : a problem
ding : a small car accident (fender-bender); a small dent in a car
dodgy : suspicious; a person with questionable motives; spoiled
doing the ton : driving 100mph; driving really fast
dole : unemployment benefit; state funded income support
draughts : checkers
dreaded lurgy : imaginary disease used as an excuse to get out of doing something
dressing gown : bathrobe
dummy : pacifier
dunny : toilet
duvet : quilt
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Eketahuna : the archetypal small country city lacking amenities and which no one is expected to know anything about, similar to "timbuktu".
entree : appetizer or hors d'oeurve
evils : to give someone the evil eye
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fagged out : stuffed; rooted; knackered
fancy : to find attractive, to have a romantic interest in someone
fanny : the female genetalia (NOT the bum!)
finger stalls : back seats at the movie theatre, where adolescents take : their girlfriends
fizzy : soda pop
flannel : wash cloth
flash : sensational
flat : apartment
flicks : movie theatre; pictures
flog : steal; nick
footpath : sidewalk
football : rugby
fortnight : fourteen days, two weeks
French letter : condom
frenchie : condom
fringe : bangs
frock tart : a costumer on a film set
full on : intense
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gas guzzler : large car, usually associated with old American imports
gawk / gawking : to stare at; ogling
get off the grass : exclamation of disbelief; equivalent to 'stop pulling my leg'
give your ferret a run : have sex
give way : yield (traffic)
gizza : abbreviation for 'give us a' (e.g. "Gizza squiz.")
going bush : to drop out of society or become reclusive
good as gold : Everything's fine
Good on ya, mate! : congratulations
greasies : fish and chips
ground floor : first floor
guts for garters : in big trouble
Gumboots : large rubber overshoes ranging from calf to knee height
gummies : gumboots
guts for garters (I'll have your) : this person is not happy with you
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hard case : witty person; joker
hard yakka : hard work
heaps : general expression to mean a lot
high dudgeon : feeling of deep disgust or irritability
hire : rent
hissy fit : tantrum
hokey pokey : 'sea foam' candy covered in chocolate
holiday : vacation
home and hosed : safe, completed successfully
hoon : ruffian, a rough person
hooning : playing about, verb form of hoon
hooray : goodbye
hosing down : pissing down rain
hottie : hot water bottle
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ice block : popsicle
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jam : jelly
jandal : thongs, flip-flops, slippers
Jeeze, Wayne! : said to someone regarded as acting or speaking foolishly
jelly : Jello
jersey : sweater
joker : man
judder bar : speed bump
jumper : sweater
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kick the bucket : cark it; die
Kiwi : New Zealander
kiwi : an endangered flightless bird native to New Zealand
kiwifruit : kiwi (formerly known as Chinese gooseberry)
knackered : exhausted (from Knacker, an archaic profession whose practitioners destroyed old horses)
knickers : underpants, bloomers, shorts, more generally, pants
knickers in a twist : upset - 'Don't get your knickers in a twist.'
kornies : Kellogs cornflakes
kumara : sweet potato/yam
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L&P : fizzy soda water, Lemon & Paeroa (L&P)
ladies/gentlemen, a plate please : pot luck; bring a plate
lemonade : clear soda (e.g. 7Up)
lift : elevator
lolly : candy
lolly scramble : a festive search for candies
long drop : toilet dug into the ground
loo : bathroom
loose metal : gravel road
lorry : truck
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main : primary dish of a meal
Maori : indigenous people of New Zealand
mate : buddy, pal
metal : gravel used on country roads (e.g. a metal road)
a mission : A difficult undertaking
mobile : cell phone
money for jam : easy money
motorway : freeway
mozzies : mosquitoes
mudguard : fender
Mum : mom
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naff off : piss off; get lost
nappy : diaper
netball : game somewhat similar to basketball
nought : zero
no worries : not a problem
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off yer face : completely drunk
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pack a sad : become moody; to break
paddled (to be) : to loose or to suffer ill fate
pakeha : non-Maori person
panel beater : auto body shop
party pooper : being negative
peckish : a bit hungry
petrol : gasoline
piece-of-piss : easy
pike out : to give up when the going gets tough
pikelet : small pancake often served with jam and whipped cream
piker :one who gives up easily (see pike-out)
pissed : drunk, inebriated
pissed-off : angry
pissing down : raining heavily
piss around : waste time or effort in a futile manner
piss-up : social gathering with alcohol
plaster : Band-aid (also called sticking plaster)
plod : policeman (friendly term)
PMT (Pre Menstrual Tension) : PMS
pom : English person
pong : bad smell
power cut : outage
postal code : zip code
pottle : small container
pram : baby carriage, stroller
prang : car dent; car accident
pub : bar
puckeroo : something that is broken (from the Maori 'Pakaru')
push bike : bicycle
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quencher : ice cream bar
quite nice : very good, exceptional; also used sarcastically
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rack off : go away (angry)
randy : horny, feeling sexual impulses
rark up : give someone a good telling off
ratbag : scally-wag, somewhat annoying person
rattle your dags : hurry up, from the sound that sheep make when running, caused by the striking together of dried feces stuck to the fur near the tail
redundant : to be laid off, "workers were made redundant today"
rellies : relatives
right as rain : perfect
ring : phone/call
rockmelon : cantaloupe
Rogernomics : (derogatory) radical free enterprise economic policies introduced by Roger Douglas, a Labour Government Minister of Finance
root : to have sex
rooted : to feel tired
rough as guts : unpolished (referring to a person)
round the bend : going crazy/busy
rubber : eraser
rubbish : trash/garbage
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sarnie : sandwich
scarfie : university student, particularly from Universities of the South Island
scone : a small cake of shortened bread raised with baking powder or soda
scull : drink beer rapidly
sealed road : paved road (as opposed to metal road)
shandy : drink made with lemonade and beer
She'll be right : things will be fine
shippie : prostitute working the ships at international ports
shorts : clips from up-coming movies
shufti : a look (e.g. 'Take a shufti at this')
sickie : sick day, as in 'Throw a sickie' (usually when you're not sick)
singlet : undershirts, tank-top
skint : short of money
skiting : bragging; showing off
smoko : break, rest period
snarky : mixture of sarcastic and nasty
sook : a moody person
sparrow fart : very early in the morning; the crack of dawn
spew : to throw up
spinner : airhead; someone who lies
spit the dummy : throw a tantrum or get mad (a dummy is a pacifier)
spotcha later : see you later
spot on : exactly right
sprog : a child; to give birth
squiz : a look
sticking plaster : Band-aid
stirrer : trouble-maker, agitator
strewth : honestly, from "God's truth"; also an expletive
strop : speed with reckless abandon
swede : rutabaga
stroppy : bad tempered
stubby : small bottle of beer
sunday driver : slow driver
sunnies : sunglasses
supper : late evening coffee/desserts
suss : to figure out
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ta : Thanks
take away : take out
take the piss : to ridicule
tasty cheese : sharp cheddar cheese
tea : dinner - generic name for evening meal
tea towel : dish rag
tights : pantyhose
tiki tour : roundabout way to get somewhere; scenic tour
tinned goods : canned goods
trad : rigidly traditional
tracksuit : sweats
tramping : hiking
togs : swimsuit
tomato sauce : catsup
Toodle pip : Good-bye (often slightly jocular, and "English")
torch : flashlight
trolley : shopping cart
trundler : shopping cart
two sammies short of a picnic : a bit thick; not right in the head
tyre : tire
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unwaged : unemployed
up the duff : pregnant
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verge : grassy area on the side of the road, bern
vest : undershirt
vegemite : spread for toast or bread. Consensus is that it is an acquired taste.
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Waikikamukau : Mythical town that is so remote it makes Eketahuna look like a metropolis. (pronounced "Why kick a moo cow")
wag : skipping school
walkshorts : dressy shorts for men
wally : incompetent person, loser
wanker : (derogatory, impolite) jerk, loser
wardrobe : clothes closet
wellies : gumboots
wharfie : longshoreman
whinge : complain
wicked : cool
windscreen : windshield
wing : fender
wobbly (throw a wobbly) : become angry, have a fit
WOF (Warrant of Fitness) : car inspection
wonky : crooked
wop-wops : out of the way location
worry, bit of a : a troubling event or person
wuckas (no wuckas) : no worries
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yack : conversation
yonks : forever, a long time ago
you're not wrong : that's right; that's true
your shout : your turn to buy a round!
you can't help bad luck : congratulations; also a dismissive phrase for "too bad" or "who cares"
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zed : z, the last letter of the alphabet
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