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Kiwi English
by Kiwi
Learn Kiwi (New Zealand) English through our casual conversations! Good for Intermediate level and above.
Episodes
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Pick-up Lines & Dating
Hey guys, here are all the pick-up lines we mentioned in the episode: Hey my name is Microsoft, can I crash at your place tonight? Do you like raisins? How do you feel about a date? Are you French? Because Eiffel for you. (Eiffel = I fell, meaning to fall in love) If I could rearrange the…
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Things we don't like about NZ
We talk about small inconveniences at the start of the episode and move onto more serious issues like racism and housing prices at the end. We still love our country and are grateful to live here, but we wanted to highlight the negatives too!
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Doing a working holiday in your own country
Hear all about Nicki's cherry picking experience and most importantly, how to use a port-a-loo in this episode!
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Summer jobs & Driving in NZ
Would you live in a tent for 7 weeks? Have you been in a car crash? How is NZ now with no Covid-19? We talk about all these topics! Nicki's art Instagram: @nickijackson_art Listen to the end to hear about some commonly misused words and the difference between them. Stairs vs steps Ceiling vs Roof...
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Life in NZ in 2020
Welcome back to our first episode in 8 months! Nicki's art Instagram: @nickijackson_art Be kind to yourself and others! Thanks for listening!
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The Holiday Season in NZ
Happy New Year!!! Long time no see.... sorry. We had a nice, long break and are ready to make some more episodes for the Kiwi English podcast in 2020! We talk about NZ's summer Christmas, New Years Eve, and our thoughts about 2019 and plans for 2020.
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Falling Inn Love
Conversation points: Inn = B n B (NZ word) She`s a beaut (Australian saying) = That`s a really nice (thing/person). Hard Yakka (Australian saying) = Hard work have a squizz = have a look, look and check something stoked = really happy, really pleased butcher something = ruin, destroy something...
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Studying abroad - with Chase
Our special guest, Chase, talks about studying Japanese in Hiroshima, Hiroshima dialect, what he learnt, some advice for others and about tendonitis. Conversation points: `weeb` - a person who is really interested in Japanese culture and anime. `improvisation` - doing a solo performance and…
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Music + being half Japanese-Kiwi with Andrew!
We talk with Andrew about his band, playing live shows and growing up in NZ as mixed Kiwi and Japanese. Andrew`s band: Temperamental https://www.facebook.com/Temperamentalnz/ Instagram: @andrew.takenaka 0:33 – `gig` – a musical performance or show 0:55 – Andrew talks about his bands 2:00 – How...
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5. Is New Zealand safe?
We talk about crime in NZ and how to be safe in NZ.
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4. Our biggest mistakes
Nicki talks about her biggest mistake at work and Rangima talks about an embarrassing thing she did when she was a child. Conversation points: - dairy farm (2:11) - milk the cows (3:09) take the cows to the milking shed and take milk from the cows by machine. - gutted (9:05) Kiwi slang for…
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3. Meeting people for the first time in NZ
Conversation points: - How to greet in Maori culture (1:16) - Hongi (2:00) pressing noses together in Maori culture - How Nicki greets people (2:53) - Hugging between friends (3:48) - The first time that Nicki and Rangima met (5:33) - First impressions - `intuition` (8:28) - When you meet your...
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2. K-pop dreaming + Flatting in NZ
Nicki talks about her strange K-pop dream and then we talk about `flatting` in New Zealand and what you should do to find a flat. Conversation points: -`Flat` a house that people share and live in together. -`Couch potato` lazy person who lives on the couch and doesn`t exercise....
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1. Kiwi English: Who, What, Where, When, Why
Welcome to our New Zealand (Kiwi) English podcast for English language learners. We introduce ourselves and talk about our own language learning experiences. Main conversation points: - Why we are doing this podcast - Self Introductions (1:26) - Why Rangima is studying Japanese (4:00) - Nicki…
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