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Kiwi English

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Learn Kiwi (New Zealand) English through our casual conversations! Good for Intermediate level and above.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Kiwi English episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Kiwi English for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Kiwi English episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Kiwi English - Life in NZ in 2020

Life in NZ in 2020

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08/22/20 • 41 min

Welcome back to our first episode in 8 months!

Nicki's art Instagram: @nickijackson_art

Be kind to yourself and others! Thanks for listening!

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Kiwi English - Pick-up Lines & Dating
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08/16/21 • 15 min

Hey guys, here are all the pick-up lines we mentioned in the episode:

  1. Hey my name is Microsoft, can I crash at your place tonight?
  2. Do you like raisins? How do you feel about a date?
  3. Are you French? Because Eiffel for you. (Eiffel = I fell, meaning to fall in love)
  4. If I could rearrange the alphabet I’d put ‘U’ and ‘I’ together.
  5. Aside from being sexy, what do you do for a living?
  6. Are you from Tennessee? Because you’re the only 10 I see.
  7. If you were a Transformer, you’d be Optimus Fine.
  8. I must be in a museum because you truly are a work of art.
  9. Do you believe in love at first sight? Or should I walk by again?
  10. Did you just come out of the oven, because you’re hot!
  11. Is your name Google? Because you have everything I’ve been searching for.
  12. It’s a good thing I have my library card because I’m totally checking you out.
  13. My love for you is like diarrhoea, I just can’t hold it in.
  14. Someone better call God, because he’s missing an angel.
  15. We’re not socks, but I think we’d make a great pair.
  16. Do you have a bandaid? Cos I just scraped my knee falling for you.
  17. I seem to have lost my number, can I have yours?
  18. Are you a parking ticket? Because you have 'fine' written all over you.

to chat up (someone) = to flirt, to talk with someone in a flirtatious way

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Kiwi English - Doing a working holiday in your own country
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03/14/21 • 34 min

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

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Kiwi English - Falling Inn Love

Falling Inn Love

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10/02/19 • 27 min

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) sandwich.
  • crap = means sh*t (but softer)
  • gossip = casual or small conversations about other people that may not be true.
  • kapa haka = Maori performing arts group
  • Shortland Street = NZ medical drama
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Kiwi English - Studying abroad - with Chase
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09/09/19 • 29 min

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 away` - to be surprised, to be impressed.
`happy-go-lucky` - to be a happy person.
`Don`t let it get to you` - don`t worry about something

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Kiwi English - Music + being half Japanese-Kiwi with Andrew!
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08/14/19 • 25 min

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 https://www.facebook.com/Temperamentalnz/

4:08 – `slack` – lazy; not trying very hard

8:30 – Andrew talks about growing up in NZ with his Japanese dad and Kiwi mum.

10:55 – `impeccable `– perfect and with no mistakes

16:35 – Andrew talks about his Japanese and Kiwi identity

21:15 – Andrew`s advice for other people of mixed cultural backgrounds

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Kiwi English - 4. Our biggest mistakes
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07/25/19 • 16 min

Nicki talks about her biggest mistake at work and Rangima talks about an embarrassing thing she did when she was a child.

Conversation points:

dairy farm (2:11)
- milk the cows (3:09) take the cows to the milking shed and take milk from the cows by machine.
- gutted (9:05) Kiwi slang for feeling really upset, sad, disappointed. E.g "My boss was gutted = My boss was so upset."
- Rangima`s mistake (10:10)
- consequences (14:10)
- "It`s no use crying over spilt milk" (2:10)

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Kiwi English - 3. Meeting people for the first time in NZ
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07/17/19 • 18 min

Conversation points:

How to greet in Maori culture (1:16)
- Hongi (2:00) pressing noses together in Maori culture
- How Nicki greets people (2:53)
- Hugging between friends (3:48)
- The first time that Nicki and Rangima met (5:33)
- First impressions
- `intuition` (8:28)
- When you meet your homestay family (10:13)
- When you meet your boss (10:52)
- Eye contact (13:03)

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Kiwi English - 2. K-pop dreaming + Flatting in NZ
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07/11/19 • 15 min

Nicki talks about her strange K-pop dream and then we talk about `flatting` in New Zealand and what you should do to find a flat.

Conversation points:
-`Flat` a house that people share and live in together.
-`Couch potato` lazy person who lives on the couch and doesn`t exercise.

www.trademe.co.nz/flatmates-wanted

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Kiwi English - 1. Kiwi English: Who, What, Where, When, Why
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07/10/19 • 20 min

Welcome to our New Zealand (Kiwi) English podcast for English language learners. We introduce ourselves and talk about our own language learning experiences.

Main conversation points:
- Why we are doing this podcast
- Self Introductions (1:26)
- Why Rangima is studying Japanese (4:00)
- Nicki talks about the time she lived in Japan vs. going back to Japan after studying Japanese (6:10)
- Explanation of `aye` (Kiwi slang for ~isn`t it? ~right?) 〜ね (7:32)
- Explanation of `yeah, nah` (8:50)
- Our embarrassing stories (9:55)
- Difficult things about learning a language (14:05)
- Fun things about learning a language (15:38)

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FAQ

How many episodes does Kiwi English have?

Kiwi English currently has 14 episodes available.

What topics does Kiwi English cover?

The podcast is about Language Learning, Podcasts and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Kiwi English?

The episode title 'Pick-up Lines & Dating' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Kiwi English?

The average episode length on Kiwi English is 25 minutes.

How often are episodes of Kiwi English released?

Episodes of Kiwi English are typically released every 26 days, 16 hours.

When was the first episode of Kiwi English?

The first episode of Kiwi English was released on Jul 10, 2019.

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