F
fair go: fairness
fancy: to like someone
fart sack: bed
flat stick or flat tack: full speed
fuckwit: idiot
full tit: as much power as possible
G
g'day: universal kiwi greeting
get off the grass: disbelief
gimme: give me ..
gizza: give us a ..
going bush: get away from it all
good on ya, mate!: congratulations, well done
good as gold: good job, well done, not a problem
greasies: fish and chips
gumboots, gummies: rubber boots, wellingtons
guts for garters: in big trouble
H
half pie: half heatedly or poorly performed
hangi: traditional Maori earth oven
hard case: joker
hard yakka: hard work
heaps: a lot
home and hosed: safe, completed successfully
hoodackie: what you call someone when you cant think of their name
hoon: young adult with a fast car and loud stereo
hooray: goodbye
hosing down: raining heavily
hottie: hot water bottle
how's it going mate?: quintessential kiwi greeting
I
ice block: popsicle
Jjack up: to organise
jandal: thongs, flip-flops
jersey: sweater
jumper: also sweater
K
kai: food, from the Maori word for eating
Kiwi: New Zealander
kick the bucket: die
knackered: stuffed, exhausted
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