NEW ZEALAND
ADJECTIVES
► KIWI pert. to New Zealand or New Zealand culture → 20C
NOUNS
► CABBAGE, THE the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market → 1972 NZ sl.
► CABBAGE BOAT a boat formerly used to transport vegetables to market → 1987 NZ sl.
► CABBAGE TRAIN the overnight Picton-Christchurch express goods train carrying vegetables for the Christchurch market → 1972 NZ sl.
► CAKE TIN the Wellington, New Zealand, sports stadium → 2001 NZ sl.
► DARTH VADER’S PENCIL BOX the Bank of New Zealand Head Office building in Wellington → 1984 NZ sl.
► ENZED New Zealand → 1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
► KIWI GRACE a name for the exclamation ‘2, 4, 6, 8, bog in, don’t wait!’; i.e. an illusion to the New Zealander’s enthusiasm or greediness for food → 1970s sl.
► KIWI LAND New Zealand → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► LAND OF THE LONG WHITE SHROUD. New Zealand → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► MAINLAND the South Island → 1940s NZ sl.
► PARRY the Paremoremo maximum security prison → 1982 NZ sl.
► PIG ISLANDS New Zealand → Aust. & NZ slang
► QUAKY ISLES New Zealand → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SHAKY ISLES, THE New Zealand, from the number of earthquakes → 20C Aust. & NZ colloq.
► WOW the psychiatric hospital in Auckland, NZ → 1998 NZ sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKBLOCKER a resident of a remote area, esp. the area beyond the river gorges in Canterbury and Otago, New Zealand → 1910 NZ sl.
► BANANA a New Zealand-born Chinese, used by immigrants about local Chinese → 1998 NZ sl., disparaging usage (Bk.)
► BEACHER a retired whaler or sailor in the earliest Otago days → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► BIODEGRADABLE POMS Kiwis, as described by Australians → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► BLACKSANDER in New Zealand: a miner who pans black sand for gold → 1897
► DAGO a Maori → 1900s NZ sl., derogatory
► DALLIE ► DALLY a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general → 1940 NZ sl.
► DINKUM an Australian or New Zealand soldier in the First World War; an Anzac; generally, an Australian or New Zealander → 1916
► ENZED New Zealand → 1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
► ENZEDDER a New Zealander → 1941 Aust. & NZ sl.
► FOB a Pacific Islander who has newly arrived in New Zealand (Fresh Off the Boat) → 20C NZ sl.
► GEORGE a generic name for a Maori; hence, any ‘native’ → 1918 Aust. & NZ sl.
► JOHNNY-COME-LATELY a nickname for a farm hand recently arrived from England → c1910 NZ sl.
► KIWI a New Zealander → 1918 sl.
► KOOKIE ► KOOKY ► KUKI a slave of a Maori chieftain → 1832 NZ
► MAORILANDER a New Zealander → colloq. chiefly Aust.
► MOA HUNTER a person who hunts moas; spec. a member of an early Maori culture in New Zealand, characterized by hunting moas → 1870 NZ
► MOALANDER a New Zealander → 1930 Aust. sl.
► MOLESKIN SQUATTER a person engaged in sheep farming, etc., on a small scale → 1941 NZ sl.
► MOMO BOY a member of the Mongrel Mob gang → 1977 NZ sl.
► MONGIE ► MONGY a member of the Mongrel Mob gang → 1982 NZ sl.
► MONGO a member of the Mongrel Mob gang → 1977 NZ sl.
► MORIORI a member of the original Polynesian people of the Chatham Islands of New Zealand; a descendant of this people → 1865 chiefly NZ usage
► MOWREE a New Zealand seaman → L19 Brit. sl.
► NEWZIE a New Zealander → 1946 NZ sl.
► NIGGER an Australian Aborigine; a Maori → 1856 chiefly Aust. & NZ sl., offensive
► NIGHT-FIGHTER a Maori woman → 1945 US Air Force sl.
► PACKEAH a White person → 1832 NZ
► PACKIE a sheep station handyman whose principal duties are cooking and conveying goods by pack animal from camp to camp → 1945 NZ colloq.
► PACKMAN a sheep station handyman whose principal duties are cooking and conveying goods by pack animal from camp to camp → 1910 NZ
► PAKEHA a person who does not identify as Maori; spec. a New Zealander of European descent → 1817 NZ
► PAKEHA MAORI a person of European descent who has adopted a Maori lifestyle → 1832 hist.
► PIG ISLANDER a New Zealander → L19 Aust. colloq.
► POMMIE ► POMMY an immigrant to Australia or New Zealand from Britain → 1913 Aust. & NZ colloq, usually derogatory
► QUEEN STREET YANK a New Zealander who apes American styles, etc. → 1950s NZ sl.
► RANGITOTO YANK ► RANGITOTO YANKEE an Aucklander → 1980s NZ sl., derogatory
► SANDY HOOKERS residents of Nelson, NZ; spec. local musterers, from living near Farewell Spit → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► SHAGROON an early settler in Canterbury, New Zealand, from anywhere except Britain, esp. one from Australia → M19 NZ sl.
► SHEEP-SHAGGER an Australian or New Zealander (depends on what nationality the speaker is) → 2003 Aust. & NZ sl.
► SILVER FERN a member of the NZ national representative net ball team
► SUNBURNT NEW ZEALANDER a Maori → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► TANGATA MAORI someone of Maori origin → 20C NZ
► TANGATA TIRITI a Maori term for non-Maori people → 20C NZ
► TAR BABY a Maori → 1981 NZ sl., derogatory
► TAR-POT a Maori → 1963 NZ sl., derogatory
► WAIOURU BLONDE a Maori woman → 1997 NZ sl.
► WAKA BLONDE a Maori woman → 1980s NZ sl., derogatory
► WELLINGMONIAN a resident of Wellington, NZ → 1998 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► ZEALANDER a native or inhabitant of New Zealand; orig. a Maori → 1773
VERBS
► DO THE PACIFIC SLOPE to flee New Zealand when accused of a crime in order to find refuge in one of the countries of the Pacific Rim → L19 NZ sl.
► EAT ONE’S TUTU to become acclimatized to colonial life in New Zealand → 1857 NZ sl.
► HIT THE TARPOT to pursue a Maori woman → 1940s NZ sl.
► TAKE THE BURNT CHOPS to take up work as a musterer or drover → L19 NZ sl.
Lexicophilia 