Kiwi English

Aug 15 2021 14 ep. 25 mins 48
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Learn Kiwi (New Zealand) English through our casual conversations! Good for Intermediate level and above.

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Pick-up Lines & Dating

Aug 15 2021 15 mins  
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 alphabet I’d put ‘U’ and ‘I’ together. Aside from being sexy, what do you do f

Things we don't like about NZ

May 04 2021 25 mins  
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!

Doing a working holiday in your own country

Mar 14 2021 34 mins  
Hear all about Nicki's cherry picking experience and most importantly, how to use a port-a-loo in this episode!

Summer jobs & Driving in NZ

Dec 04 2020 35 mins  
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 Floor vs Ground

Life in NZ in 2020

Aug 22 2020 41 mins  
Welcome back to our first episode in 8 months! Nicki's art Instagram: @nickijackson_art  Be kind to yourself and others! Thanks for listening!

The Holiday Season in NZ

Jan 06 2020 24 mins  
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.

Falling Inn Love

Oct 01 2019 27 mins  
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 fawcett = tap soda = fizzy drink vegemite sammie = (marmite is a NZ food) sandw

Studying abroad - with Chase

Sep 09 2019 29 mins  
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 making unique music without any preparation. "What you put in is what you get out." `blown a

Music + being half Japanese-Kiwi with Andrew!

Aug 13 2019 25 mins  
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 Andrew got started with music 3:30 – Andrew`s band`s facebook page

5. Is New Zealand safe?

Aug 02 2019 19 mins  
We talk about crime in NZ and how to be safe in NZ.