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ta |
Thanks |
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taihoa, taiho |
Hold on!, Wait a minute! |
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take the piss |
to ridicule |
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take to |
to attack, especially with fists. |
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tangi |
funeral rites |
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tanked |
drunk, inebriated |
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taonga |
valuable possession, treasure, national treasure |
| Tapanui flu | ME, chronic fatigue syndrome, yuppie flu |
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tapu |
sacred, taboo |
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tarseal |
bitumen paving |
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terror for, to be a |
to be a 'great one for', to be terribly keen on. |
| there you go | Expression of acknowledgement, agreement. |
| thick as pigshit | very stupid person |
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thrash |
to overwork (anything mechanical), to work or drive at an excessive pace. |
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tight |
very mean with money. "tight as a duck's arse." |
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tiki |
neck pendant made from stone, bone, wood and prized ones from greenstone, symbol of fertility, also heitiki, Tiki - first man |
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tiki tour |
roundabout way to get somewhere; scenic tour |
| tin-arsed | lucky |
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tinny (1) |
adjective. Lucky, fortunate. |
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tinny (2) |
adjective. Flimsily-built, unsubstantial, "jerry-built". |
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tinny (3) |
noun. A dinghy made of aluminium (derisive comment). Also, an aluminium liquor can. |
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tinny (4) |
noun. A bullet-shaped portion of cannabis wrapped for sale. |
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tit, to pull one's |
expression of disbelief in a claim made. Also to kid, to express something less than factual, to "have someone on." |
| toby, toby cock | water stop-cock. |
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toey |
on edge, edgily angry, touchy. |
| togs | swimming costume |
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toiler |
conscientious worker |
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toss, couldn't give a |
don't care about something. |
| touch | touch rugby, social game without tackling played between mixed teams of men and women |
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trad |
rigidly traditional |
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tramp |
to hike. Tramper - hiker |
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tranny, trannies |
short form of transistor radio. Also transvestites, cross-dressers. |
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trots, the |
diarrhoea |
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truckie |
driver of heavy trucks. |
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tucker |
food |
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turn it on, to |
to provide liquor for a party or group. |
| turps, to be on the | to be full of liquor, 'on the booze'. |
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tussock |
a hardy greenish-yellow native grass that grows in clumps, looking superficially like the European flax plant |
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umu |
earth oven or cooking pit, Polynesian. |
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up oneself |
to be very conceited. |
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up sticks |
move house |
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ute |
utility truck, pick up truck (prn yoot) |
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varsity |
university |
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vege |
veg, veggie, vegetable (prn veggie) |
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vegemite |
popular marmite-like spread looking like tar marketed by Krafts (marmite also popular) |
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verge |
grassy area of the side of the road, berm. |
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video |
video cassette recorder, VCR. "Vid" is the tape played. |
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village |
the shopping centre of a small town, settlement or suburb. |
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wag |
skipping school, playing truant. |
| waiata | Maori for "shape that flows", a song. |
| wait on | Wait! Hang on! Wait for me! |
| waka | canoe, vessel, etc |
| walk shorts | smart short trousers worn by office workers |
| wally | incompetent person, loser |
| watersider | wharfie, docker |
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weatherboard |
clapboard, overlapping 100 x 20 mm timber planking - very common NZ housing external wall material |
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wee |
little |
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wee cracker |
Exceptional. "Wee cracker of a day, innit?" |
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weetbix |
Aside from the breakfast cereal, this has come to mean particle board that has rotted to a state of softness. A 'weetbix board'. |
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westie, westy |
inhabitant of West Auckland, usually west of Avondale and the Whau Creek. |
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wet blanket |
someone who spoils the fun of others, someone who doesn't get into the "swing" of things, particularly at a social occasion. |
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whakapapa |
genealogy, family tree |
| wharfie |
watersider, docker |
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what are ya?! |
"Are you mad?!" or "Are you taking the piss?!", and it can imply doubt about manhood when a male shows fear. "What are ya … pussy?" |
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whinge |
complain |
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wobbly (throw a wobbly) |
become angry, have a fit, a tantrum |
| wonky | crooked |
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wooden spoon |
booby prize |
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woofterish |
of an argument -- thin, airy and unconvincing. |
| wop wops | far from civilisation (eg, out in the wop wops) |
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a bit of a worry |
a troubling event or person. |
| wowser | puritan, tee-totaller, killjoy |
| written off | Ineffective, useless (people); that which is economic to repair (vehicles etc.) |
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yachtie |
one who sails yachts. |
| yack | general conversation between friends, as in "have a yack." |
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yahoo |
a hooligan |
| yakka | work - as in expression "hard yakka" |
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yarn |
to spin a tale, to have a chat. |
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yonks |
forever, a long time ago |
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you ain't wrong |
that's right, yes. |
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