English→New Zealand English

Translate English to New Zealand English like a local.

It sounds like New Zealand through British-leaning spelling, local words such as dairy, bach and jandals, and the occasional everyday bit of te reo Māori.

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What locals actually say

Where’s the corner shop?

Where’s the dairy?

Dairy is the usual New Zealand term for a small neighbourhood shop or convenience store.

Leave your flip-flops by the door.

Leave your jandals by the door.

Jandals is the standard New Zealand word for flip-flops.

Are we staying in a holiday cottage?

Are we staying in a bach?

Bach is the everyday New Zealand term for a modest holiday house.

Can I pay by card?

Can I EFTPOS that?

EFTPOS is used as a verb in New Zealand shops and signals paying by electronic card terminal.

Are we eating soon?

Are we having kai soon?

Kai is a commonly used te reo Māori loanword for food or a meal, giving the phrase an informal New Zealand feel.

The whole family is coming over.

The whole whānau's coming over.

Whānau is a te reo Māori word for family and can also signal a wider family or close community group.

I need to take a sick day.

I need to chuck a sickie.

Chuck a sickie is a New Zealand colloquial construction for taking sick leave and signals an informal workplace context.

I'm really excited about the concert.

I'm fizzing for the concert.

Fizzing means very excited in informal New Zealand English and signals strong enthusiasm.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How New Zealand English differs

New Zealand English. British-leaning spelling, NZ vocabulary (bach, jandals, dairy for corner shop, chur informally), occasional te reo Māori loanwords where locals genuinely use them (kia ora, whānau, kai).

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