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NZ
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CND
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Explanation
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Drive on left
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Drive on right
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Obviously
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Uni/Kindi
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University/Kindergarden
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-Grades are called years
-You start Year 1 on your 5th birthday, no matter what day it is
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Rubbish
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Garbage
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I told Maggie to throw something in the garbage and she looked at me like I was crazy
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How are you going?
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How are you doing?
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The first time someone said this to me I thought: ‘I’m not going anywhere’...
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Togs
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Bathing Suit
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Heaps
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Many, A Lot
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Love this! Use it a lot too!
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Petrol
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Gas/Fuel
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Tomato Sauce
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Ketchup
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Still gross! No matter what country you are in!
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Jumper
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Sweater
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You’re ok
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You’re Welcome
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If you say ‘thank you’ or ‘sorry’, the response would be ‘you’re ok’
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Jandals
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Sandals/Flip flops
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Apparently it stands for Japanese Sandals
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Sensible
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Proper
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Maggie would always tell Finn to colour in sensible colours. Or you need to behave sensibly.
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Boot and Bonnet
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Trunk and Engine
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Motorway
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Highway
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Kumara
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Potato
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Like a sweet potato but still white. WIll miss them!
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Capsicum
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Pepper
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Corgette
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Zucchini
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Posh/Flash
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Fancy
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“That is a posh neighbourhood”
“That car is flash!”
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Sweet-As
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Not really sure the translation of this but it is a typical Kiwi saying. They will add -as on the back of anything! Easy-as, good-as, cool-as...
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Full On
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Busy, hard, difficult
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“That soccer practice was full on”
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Sunday, 8 September 2013
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