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Kia ora bro (hello, friend)! Need a little awhi (help) getting to grips with Kiwispeak in celebration of New Zealand’s Guest of Honour status at this year’s fair? Then look no further than this sweet (as in very good) guide . . .


Kia ora


Apples: she’ll be apples (everything will be fine)


Aroha: love, compassion, fellow feeling Awhi: help, support


Bach: a type of (usually) basic dwelling Berko: go berserk


Bib: stick one’s bib in (meddle, interfere)


Bickies, stiff bickies: hard luck, tough luck Blue: an argument or row (a fight) Boozeroo: a drinking spree Bro: friend, brother By hokey: by God, indeed Donkey deep: much involved, up to


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Drongo: a foolish or stupid person


Fono: a conference or meeting Fox: spy on


Growl: grumble, complain


Gutser: come a gutser: take a fall; slip up, come a cropper


Handle: a measure of beer or the glass in which beer is contained


Kai: food, a meal Kia ora: hello or goodbye


All from the Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms, compiled by Tony Deverson, and published by Oxford University Press Australia and New Zealand.


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