Fun Facts

*A Kiwi is a New Zealander, a kiwibird is NZ’s national bird, and a kiwifruit is that yummy green fruit.

*‘jandals’ = flip flops, ‘dairy’ = convenience store, ‘gutted’ = disappointed, and if you want your food to-go you order it for ‘take-away’.

*You can (legally) drive around a roundabout 9 ¾ times but then you have to get the heck out of there.

*Milkshakes don’t actually contain any ice cream; they’re literally just milk and flavoring. However, iced coffees do contain ice cream but not ice. Got it?

*New Zealand was the first country to grant women the right to vote.

*Since New Zealand is officially a dominion of Great Britain, the Queen of England is also the Queen of New Zealand. And the Queen’s Birthday is a national holiday.

*The population of New Zealand is approximately 4 million people. The population of America is a little over 300 million.

*A debit card is called an EFTPOS card (which I have a really hard time saying).

*Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city and Aucklanders are universally hated by all other New Zealanders because, among other things, ‘they don’t know what it means to be a real New Zealander’. In fact, apparently, ‘Go back to Auckland’ is one of the most insulting things you can say to a Kiwi.