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Places & Getting Around
Bach A holiday home, traditionally small and rustic. Pronounced 'batch'. So… Bach block The cluster of holiday homes at a beach or lake settlement. Kiwi summe… Bottle shop Liquor store. Often 'the bottle-o'.… Chch Christchurch, in text and speech ('Church' or 'Cheech'). Garden City, … Down south Anywhere further south than the speaker, but especially Otago/Southlan… Gizzy Gisborne. First city to see the sun. Coastie heartland.… Godzone New Zealand itself - 'God's own country' shortened. Patriotic and a bi… Maccas run A trip to McDonald's - the sacred late-night or hangover mission.… Metal road A gravel road. 'Metal' means the loose gravel surface, which confuses … Munted roads Wrecked roads - potholed, slipped, storm-damaged. A NZ regional consta… Naki Taranaki - the region and its main vibe. 'Heading up the Naki.'… Op shop Opportunity shop — a second-hand/charity store. Op-shopping is a natio… Palmy Palmerston North. Said with affection or a smirk, depending.… Rotovegas Rotorua - jokingly glammed up as a 'Vegas'. Also nods to the sulphur s… Round the traps Out and about, here and there - 'seen him round the traps'. Vague soci… Sunny Nelson Nelson, forever branded by its high sunshine hours. Said with civic pr… The Cape Cape Reinga, the very top of the North Island where two oceans meet. A… The Mainland The South Island, as South Islanders insist on calling it. Cheeky supe… The Naki coast Taranaki's surf coast - Surf Highway 45 and its legendary breaks.… The Tron Hamilton. Affectionate-slash-ironic nickname (from 'Hamiltron').… The wops The middle of nowhere; deep countryside. Full version: the wop wops.… Up the Coast Depending where you are, the Kapiti Coast, the East Coast, or the West… Wellywood Wellington - a play on Hollywood, thanks to the film industry.… Wop-wops Already known - but worth the deep-country reminder: the absolute midd…