Visitor Info Line - Kaipara Konnection - Dargaville.BIZ

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world
in a conspiracy of love. --Hamilton Wright Mabi
G
Gawk – to stare at
Gidday – hello
Gumboot – rubber boots
Grotty – dirty
Girl guide biscuits – fundraising sale of biscuits by a charitable girl’s organisation
Give it away – to abandon something
Give it heaps – try your best
Godzone – New Zealand
Going bush – become reclusive
Going nuts – going insane or angry
Good nick – good condition
Good on you – expression of approval, friendly approval of somebody’s actions
Good as gold – affirmative answer, approval of quality
Growling – to nark
Gizza – could be used in a sentence in the place of “give us a..”
Grannyflat – small self contained house on the same section as the main house
Greases – fish and chips, popular takeaway meal in New Zealand
Greenie – conversationalist, or member of Green Party
Green fingered bro – someone who regularly smokes cannabis
Greenstone – New Zealand jade
Grunds – underwear
H
Haere Mai - come here (Maori origin)
Haka - traditional Maori dance
Hand bag - purse
Handle - pint of beer
Hangi - traditional Maori meal prepared in an underground oven
Hamu - unlawfully demand somebody for food or money
Hard yakka - hard work
Hardcase - person with a good sense of humour
Half pie - poor performance
Headmaster - principal of a school
Heart of gold - kind, open hearted person
Hei matau - traditional Maori pendant, made from bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylised fish hook
Helengrad - New Zealand’s capital city Wellington during the period from 1999 to 2008 while Helen Clark was the Prime
Minister of New Zealand
Hen fruit - eggs
Heaps - a lot, “There are a lot of boats in the harbour - There are heaps of boats in the harbour”
Hire - rent
Hissy fit - throwing a tantrum
Hokey pokey - very popular type of ice cream flavour in New Zealand