Zealanders

Pacific island nationals

Zealanders are people from Zealand—most commonly New Zealanders, residents or natives of the island nation in the South Pacific.

The term can also refer to people from Zealand (Sjælland), the largest island of Denmark, though this usage is rare in English.

The Zealanders dominated the rugby tournament.

Kiwi

Aotearoa

Indigenous name for NZ

  • MaoriNew Zealand's indigenous people
  • rugbyTeam sport with scrums
  • WellingtonSouthernmost national capital globally

Auckland · pavlova · manuka · kauri · jandals · hokeypokey · kiwifruit · tuatara · weta · kea

Oceanic

Pacific

Earth's vastest ocean

navigation · outrigger · waka · mana · tapu · islanders · Melanesia · Micronesia · coral · atoll

landscape

geothermal

Relating to underground heat

glacier · bushwalking · tramping · greenstone · rainforest · fjord · geyser · hotsprings · wilderness · conservation

Opposites
antipodean rivalry

ZealandersAustralians

Citizens of the smallest continent

Aussies · Australasians

geographic opposition

ZealandersBritons

UK inhabitants

Europeans · North Americans · Asians · Africans · South Americans

Phrases
Family

Zealander, New Zealanders

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G