OLD NZHM Senior Missionary Hints and Hacks.xlsx

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1	NZ word	American English word	Maori Word	Meaning	Slang word	Meaning
2	bench	kitchen counter top	kia ora	greeting and goodbye	She'll be right	everything will be alright
3	rubbish	garbage	kai	food	No worries	No problem
4	musical item	musical number	karakia	prayer	Chur	awesome
5	Auzzie, Oz, Ozzy	Australia, Australian	Mōrena	good morning	Yeah Nah	No
6	tomato sauce	ketchup	whānau	(fah-now) family; extended family	Sweet as, funny as, cute as, etc.	Sweet, funny, cute, etc.
7	sausage sizzle	grilled sausage on bread with onions	kaumatua	elder	dunny, loo	toilet
8	car park	parking lot	whakapapa	(fahka-papa) geneaology	snag	sausage
9	bin	trash can	mokopuna	grandchildren	togs	swimsuit
10	trolley	shopping cart	moko	refers to both grandchildren and tattoo	aircon	air conditioning
11	Oakland	Auckland	mahi	work or activity	Palmy	Palmerston North (city)
12	Zed	Z (as in NZed)	mana	prestige, reputation	Gizzy	Gisborne (city)
13	tyre, centre, programme	tire, center, program	kiwi	fruit; native flightless bird	That's alright	you're welcome
14	streaky bacon	regular bacon	marae	tribal building cluster: school, meeting hall & residences	yaunch	yes let's go (Australian)
15	capsicum	bell pepper	wharenui	(fa-reh-nui) meeting hall	deets	details
16	jandal	flip flop	hangi	underground pit dinner	rellies, sammies, schoolies	relatives, sandwiches, schoolkids
17	Kiwi	New Zealand native	koro	elderly man or ancestor	pressies, roasties, Woolies	presents, roast potatoes, Woolworth's
18	yous	you all (more than one person)	Nau Mai!	welcome!	strawbs	strawberries
19	sorted out	worked out	pounamu	greenstone, nephrite jade	chuffed	very pleased
20	corn flour	cornstarch	Nga mihi	thank you	chocka	full or overflowing
21	Dairy	corner store	Pākehā	New Zealander of non-Maori (usually European) descent	stoked	excited
22	give way	yield (driving sign)	wahine	woman	avo, arvo	afternoon
23	lolly, lollies	candy	tāne	man, husband, men, husbands	wop wops	rural town, countryside
24	dispatch	to send (a package in the mail)	tapu	sacred, taboo	knackered	tired
25	icing sugar	confectioner's sugar, powdered sugar	taonga	precious, treasured	keen	enthusiastic
26	tramping	long distance hiking	Atua	God	dodgy	unreliable
27	Chips	hot chips (french fries)	ka pai	well done, it's good	chinwagging	chatting
28	toilet	bathroom, restroom	whare	(fa-ray) house	good onya	well done, good work
29	petrol	gasoline	Koro, Nanny, Auntie, Uncle	title of respect to the older generation	brekkie, chockie, postie	breakfast, chocolate, postal deliverer
30	bach	holiday or beach house	āe	(aye) yes	garbo, odo, sarvo/servo	garbage, odometer, petrol station
31	op shop	second hand stores	tu meke	too much (expression of gratitude)	stuffed up	messed up
32	laybuy	layaway	iwi	island tribe - Maori tribe
33	nappies	diapers	korero	conversation / talk
34	kerbside	street curb	Haere ra	goodbye
35	biscuit, bicky	cookie	tamariki	children
36	badge	tie tack	tipuna, tupuna	ancestor
37	servilletes	debit card payment	hui	meeting
38	queue	line	motu	island
39	courgettes	zucchini
40	servilletes	napkins
41	beef mince, pork mince	ground beef, ground pork
42	prawns	shrimp
43	Tasty Cheese	mild white cheddar
44	Chook	chicken
45	Lemonade	7-Up, Sprite
46	Coriander	Cilantro
47	booking	reservation
48	quote	bid (as in bidding on contract work)
49	whilst	while
50	chilly bin	cooler
51	pinch	shoplift
52	relief teacher	substitute teacher
53	takeaway	take out
54	boot	trunk of a car
55	bonnet	hood of a car
56	braces	suspenders
57	fortnight	two weeks
58	skirtings, architraves	moldings
59	pyjamas	pajamas
60	safety stays	open window latches
61	indicators	left and right car signal blinkers
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