I must admit though, in the 3+ years I have been here, I haven't heard the locals use some of the words here... but most are still in circulation so good as gold!
- Dairy – corner store
- Dear – expensive
- De Facto – a couple who live together but are not married
- Ding – small dent in a vehicle
- Dressing gown – bathrobe
- Dob in – to inform the authorities of someone who is breaking the law
- Drongo – term of abuse, idiot
- Dodgy – unreliable
- Dole – unemployment benefit
- Down trou - dropping ones trousers
- Down under - New Zealand, as seen from the northern hemisphere
- Dux - the highest academically achieving student
- Duvet - quilt
- Dunny – toilet
- Eh - used at the end of a sentence when expecting a response; pronounces "A?"
- Electric jug - electric kettle
- Engaged - busy phone line
- Exercise books - school work books
- Eye fillet - beef tenderloin
- Fancy – something attractive
- Feed – meal
- Fizzy drink – soda
- Flick – movie
- Flat out – full speed
- Flat – an apartment
- Flat mates – people who live together in a flat or house
- Flash – something that looks new
- Flog – steal
- Footpath – side walk, pavement
- Fortnight – two weeks
- Footy – rugby
- Freezing works – meat processing factory
- Fringe – bangs
- Frock – dress
- Gidday – hello
- Gumboot – rubber boots
- Grotty – dirty
- Girl guide biscuits – fundrasing sale of biscuits by a charitable girl's organisation
- Give it away – to abandon something
- Give it heaps – try your best
- Godzone – New Zealand
- Going bush – become reclusive
- Going nuts – going insane or angry
- Good nick – good condition
- Good on you – expression of approval, friendly approval of somebodys actions
- Good as gold – affirmative answer, aproval of quality
- Growling – to nark
- Gizza – could be used in a sentence in the place of "give us a.."
- Grannyflat – small self contained house on the same section as the main house
- Greases – fish and chips, popular takeaway meal in New Zealand
- Greenie – conservationalist, or member of Green Party
- Green fingered bro – someone who regularly smokes cannabis
- Greenstone – New Zealand jade
- Grunds – underwear
- Haere Mai - come here (Maori origin)
- Haka - traditional Maori dance
- Hand bag - purse
- Handle - pint of beer
- Hangi - traditional Maori meal prepared in an underground oven
- Hamu - unlawfully demand somebody for food or money
- Hard yakka - hard work
- Hardcase - person with a good sense of humor
- Half pie - poor performance
- Headmaster - principal of a school
- Heart of gold - kind, open hearted person
- Hei matau - traditional Maori pendant, made from bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylized fish hook
- Helengrad - New Zealand's capital city Wellington during the period from 1999 to 2008 while Helen Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Hen fruit - eggs
- Heaps - a lot, "There are a lot of boats in the harbor - There are heaps of boats in the harbor"
- Hire - rent
- Hissy fit - throwing a tantrum
- Hokey pokey - very popular type of ice cream flavor in New Zealand
- Home and hosed - exclamation of completing a task safely or successfully
- Hoon - person who engages in loutish, anti-social behavior
- Hongi - traditional Maori greeting, done by pressing one's nose to another person's nose
- Hop to it - comment to act quickly
- Hosing down - heavy rain
- Hotdog - corndog in local fast food shops
- Hottie - hot water bottle
- Housetrucker - individuals, families or groups who convert old trucks and school buses into mobile-homes and live in them
- Hurl - vomit
- How's it going mate - a common greeting
- Ice block - ice pop
- I'll see you right - promise between friends to help out in time of need, "I'll see you right for money till you get your job back"
- Jafa – popular sort of small orange flavored candy with a chocolate center
- Jandal – flip flop, thong
- Jar – glass of beer
- Jug – kettle
- Jelly meat – canned animal food
- Jelly tip – chocolate coated ice–cream, with a raspberry jelly tip
- Janola – popular brand of household bleach
- Jersey – sweater
- Judder bump – speed bump
- Jumper – woolen sweat
- Kai – food (Maori origin)
- Kai moana – sea food (Maori origin)
- Ka pai – good job (Maori origin)
- Kete – basket made from weaved flax (common native plant)
- Kia Ora – hello (Maori origin)
- Kina – sea urchin Maori origin)
- Kiwi bird – flightless bird native to New Zealand, national symbol of New Zealand
- Kiwifruit – popular New Zealand fruit
- Kiwi – New Zealander (also refers to the flightless bird)
- Kindy – kindergarten
- Knackered – sleepy or exhausted
- Kumara – sweet potato
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