New Zealander

South Pacific islander

A New Zealander is a person from New Zealand, the island nation in the southwestern Pacific.

New Zealanders often call themselves Kiwis, after the flightless bird that serves as a national symbol: She's a Kiwi who moved to London for work.

The term covers both citizens and longtime residents regardless of ethnicity.

identity

Aotearoa

Indigenous name for NZ

ANZAC · Commonwealth · expatriate · immigration · citizenship · passport · accent · slang · Zealander · diaspora

Pacific

Oceania

Pacific island collective

navigator · South Pacific · archipelago · remote · maritime · coastal · tropical · reef · volcanic · isolation

haka

All Blacks

New Zealand rugby squad

  • war danceRitualistic pre-combat performance
  • chantRepetitive rhythmic phrase
  • stompingTreading heavily, forcefully

slapping · challenge · intimidation · ceremony · unity · heritage · ancestors · performance · tribal · tradition

rugby

All Blacks

New Zealand rugby squad

maul · ruck · tackle · conversion · test match · jersey · national sport · World Cup · union

culture

Hobbiton

Fictional halfling settlement

sheep · manuka · silver fern · tiki · poi · feijoa · flat white · meat pie · gumboots

Maori

mana

Supernatural indwelling power

  • whakapapaMāori ancestral lineage system
  • wakaMāori boat or verse form
Categories
Opposites
national/regional identity

New Zealanderforeigner

Non-native person

outsider · immigrant · alien · expatriate

Australasian rivalry

New ZealanderAustralian

From the southern continent

Aussie · Ozzie

geographic hemisphere

New ZealanderBriton

United Kingdom citizen

European · North American · Canadian · Icelander · Norwegian

Family

New Zealand, Zealand, newer, newest, newly, newness, renewable, renewal

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G