Learning New Zealand slang (as a Canadian)

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[elisehope]

i’m kiwi and WHAT ARE RAIN BOOTS!!?🤣😭😭🤣

[stevewellwood]

Wellies comes from our English heritage Wellingtons ( Duke of Wellington ) who our capital is named after as well, we just shorten it to Wellies . Gumboots is the boots the Kauri gum diggers used to wear because they worked in swamps . Redlands is a brand that is about a half size gumboot every self respecting country person used to own . They were very good for watching sport on a Saturday at the park and all sorts of other things. Slang is also generational we love to pickup new slang and kids like inventing it

[I_sabl]

You should go to Akaroa in Christchurch in the South Island it is a French settlement and is beautiful!!

[carlosharris]

Red bands are really popular gumboots i have some
I have never heard of piece of or scroggen but yeah people do say batch, beach house

[kaylahliam]

A peice of piss means its as easy as pissing 😂❤ redbands are a brand of gumboots sold at Bunnings warehouse and yes wellys is a nickname for gumboots lol. Yeah nan had a batch in the back yard of her regular house 😂❤ love it i hope your enjoying your time here 😊❤

[samanthaosborne]

I'm English, we say piece of piss too. Its a great saying 😂

[garynarborough]

Gumboots are boots like what the British call Wellington Boots. I live in the UK now but when I first came over I went into a hardware shop and asked for "gumboots" and got that look. Same as I looked for Kumera which is sweet potato in Maori....I used the word togs to. When you live your whole life in NZ which I had you cannot lose the slang you've grown up with. Oh a Bach I'm the North Island is a crib in the South Island. Keep up the videos. I really enjoy them.

[tinkering]

Beautiful island New Zealand.
Love the slang. Attended uni there.