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Kiwi English

Life in NZ in 2020

Happy New Year!!! Long time no see.... sorry. We had a nice, long break and are ready to make some more episodes for the Kiwi English podcast in 2020! We talk about NZ's summer Christmas, New Years Eve, and our thoughts about 2019 and plans for 2020. 

The Holiday Season in NZ

Conversation points: Inn = B n B (NZ word) She`s a beaut (Australian saying) = That`s a really nice (thing/person). Hard Yakka (Australian saying) = Hard work have a squizz = have a look, look and check something stoked = really happy, really pleased butcher something = ruin, destroy something fawcett = tap soda = fizzy drink vegemite sammie = (marmite is a NZ food) sandwich. crap = means sh*t (but softer) gossip = casual or small conversations about other people that may not be true. kapa haka = Maori performing arts group Shortland Street = NZ medical drama 

Falling Inn Love

Our special guest, Chase, talks about studying Japanese in Hiroshima, Hiroshima dialect, what he learnt, some advice for others and about tendonitis. Conversation points: `weeb` - a person who is really interested in Japanese culture and anime. `improvisation` - doing a solo performance and making unique music without any preparation. "What you put in is what you get out." `blown away` - to be surprised, to be impressed. `happy-go-lucky` - to be a happy person. `Don`t let it get to you` - don`t worry about something 

Studying abroad - with Chase

We talk with Andrew about his band, playing live shows and growing up in NZ as mixed Kiwi and Japanese. Andrew`s band: Temperamental   https://www.facebook.com/Temperamentalnz/ Instagram: @andrew.takenaka 0:33 – `gig` – a musical performance or show 0:55 – Andrew talks about his bands 2:00 – How Andrew got started with music 3:30 – Andrew`s band`s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Temperamentalnz/ 4:08 – `slack` – lazy; not trying very hard 8:30 – Andrew talks about growing up in NZ with his Japanese dad and Kiwi mum. 10:55 – `impeccable `– perfect and with no mistakes 16:35 – Andrew talks about his Japanese and Kiwi identity 21:15 – Andrew`s advice for other people of mixed cultural backgrounds

Music + being half Japanese-Kiwi with Andrew!

We talk about crime in NZ and how to be safe in NZ.

5. Is New Zealand safe?

Nicki talks about her biggest mistake at work and Rangima talks about an embarrassing thing she did when she was a child. Conversation points: - dairy farm (2:11) - milk the cows (3:09) take the cows to the milking shed and take milk from the cows by machine. - gutted (9:05) Kiwi slang for feeling really upset, sad, disappointed. E.g "My boss was gutted = My boss was so upset." - Rangima`s mistake (10:10) - consequences (14:10)  - "It`s no use crying over spilt milk" (2:10)

4. Our biggest mistakes

Conversation points: - How to greet in Maori culture (1:16) - Hongi (2:00) pressing noses together in Maori culture - How Nicki greets people (2:53) - Hugging between friends (3:48) - The first time that Nicki and Rangima met (5:33) - First impressions - `intuition` (8:28) - When you meet your homestay family (10:13) - When you meet your boss (10:52) - Eye contact (13:03) 

3. Meeting people for the first time in NZ

Nicki talks about her strange K-pop dream and then we talk about `flatting` in New Zealand and what you should do to find a flat. Conversation points: -`Flat` a house that people share and live in together. -`Couch potato` lazy person who lives on the couch and doesn`t exercise.  www.trademe.co.nz/flatmates-wanted

2. K-pop dreaming + Flatting in NZ

Welcome to our New Zealand (Kiwi) English podcast for English language learners. We introduce ourselves and talk about our own language learning experiences.  Main conversation points: - Why we are doing this podcast - Self Introductions (1:26) - Why Rangima is studying Japanese (4:00) - Nicki talks about the time she lived in Japan vs. going back to Japan after studying Japanese (6:10) - Explanation of `aye` (Kiwi slang for ~isn`t it? ~right?) 〜ね (7:32) - Explanation of `yeah, nah` (8:50) - Our embarrassing stories (9:55) - Difficult things about learning a language (14:05) - Fun things about learning a language (15:38) 

1. Kiwi English: Who, What, Where, When, Why

Learn Kiwi (New Zealand) English through our casual conversations! Good for Intermediate level and above.

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