Get off the grass
Expression of disbelief - 'no way', 'you're kidding'. 'Get off the grass, bro!'
"He ran a marathon?" "Get off the grass!"
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Get stuck in
Start with gusto - eat, work, or fight. 'Get stuck in, boys.'
"Food's up, get stuck in."
Give her heaps
Go all out - 'her' being the car, the job, whatever. 'Give her heaps!'
"Hill's steep - give her heaps!"
Give it a nudge
Give it a decent go, or push a limit. 'Give the record a nudge.'
"Reckon we'll give the summit a nudge."
Give it a rest
Stop it, enough now. Mild exasperation.
"Give it a rest, would you."
Give it a whirl
Have a go, try it out.
"Never made bread but I'll give it a whirl."
Give it heaps
Go hard, put in maximum effort, or criticise loudly. 'Give it heaps, boys.'
"Give it heaps in the second half!"
Give it socks
Give maximum effort. 'Give it socks, boys!'
"Last lap - give it socks!"
Give us a burl
Give it a go, have a try. 'Burl' = attempt.
"Never surfed but I'll give us a burl."
Gizza
'Give us a' — which means give ME a. Gizza look, gizza go, gizza hand.
"Gizza look at your new phone."
Gizza gizz
A greeting/request mashup heard in the regions - 'give us a' plus a cheeky lean-in. Often just means 'hey, share that'.
"Gizza gizz of your chippies."
Gizzy
Gisborne. First city to see the sun. Coastie heartland.
"Summer in Gizzy is unreal."
Godzone
New Zealand itself - 'God's own country' shortened. Patriotic and a bit ironic.
"Nowhere beats Godzone in summer."
Golden point
Sudden-death extra time in league. Tension distilled.
"Went to golden point, heart couldn't take it."
Good as gold
All fine, no worries, everything's sorted. NZ's cheerful all-clear.
"You right there?" "Good as gold."
Good bastard
High praise for a generous, reliable person. The profanity is the point.
"He towed me out for free. Good bastard."
Goon
Cheap cask wine - the silver bladder inside the box. Student fuel. 'Goon of fortune.'
"Flat party means goon, obviously."
Grommet
A young surfer or skater; a kid learning the ropes. 'Grom' for short.
"The groms are ripping it up today."
Gronk
An idiot or oaf; a bit dim. Blunt but not vicious.
"Some gronk parked across two spaces."
Gumboot day
A wet, muddy day requiring gumboots - or the actual Taihape festival.
"Proper gumboot day out there."