为了方便那些要留学新西兰的同学和想了解新西兰文化的英语爱好者，在线英语听力室的小编特地整理了一套新西兰英语，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
新西兰是一个独一无二的国家。新西兰的景色使她同世界上的其他国家相区别，而她的人民则以友善，强壮和独立而出名。新西兰景色美丽多变，生活方式和文化多元化。从翻滚着绿浪的农场到贫瘠的火山沙漠地带，从有着清澈的蓝色海水的金色沙滩到壮丽的白雪覆盖的山峰，新西兰提供了这样一种范例：即在一个相对很小的国土内有着每一种可能的景观。
Every year in June, Mystery Creek near Hamilton is the place to go for farmers and city people interested in the rural community. This year is the 44th year for the New Zealand National Agriculture Fieldays. The event opened today and continues until...
First listen to September 15th 2011 to hear about the Official Cash Rate. Dr Bollard again kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.5%. It has been the same since 10th March 2011. He also said that economic growth until the end of March next year will...
This week is mens health week. Why do we need to think especially about mens health? Perhaps its because men do not go to the doctor very often. Some men feel it is a sign of weakness to say they are not well so they do not tell anyone if they have h...
Two men who were climbing Mt Taranaki on Sunday, were caught in an avalanche but survived. They saw the snow above them racing towards them. The snow caught them and carried them about 500m down the mountain, stopping on the edge of a cliff. They wer...
Last night, Melissa Fox won a Big A Artistic Achievement Award for her achievement as a dancer. Melissa has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. She dances in the Jolt Dance Company which last night had a performance in Christchurch with 70 dancers...
Today is the beginning of Matariki, the Maori New Year. It is the time of year when the group of stars, The Pleiades, first appears in the sky. When the new moon appears after this, it is the time to celebrate Matariki. It has two meanings: Mata Riki...
If you have never been to Queenstown, you are missing one of the most beautiful towns in New Zealand. It is situated on a lake Lake Wakatipu and is surrounded by mountains. Two good ski fields are very close to the town the Remarkables on one side of...
The milk company, Fonterra, is a co-operative of farmers. The dairy farmers who send their milk to Fonterra for processing, all own the company. Big farms have more shares than small farms. Two years ago, Fonterra introduced the idea of a Farmers Tra...
First listen to September 15th 2011 to hear about the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes. The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Canterbury Earthquakes started hearings today to find out why the CTV building collapsed. CTV...
New Zealand mothers are having difficulty finding cans of baby formula in the supermarkets. Some supermarkets are limiting the number of cans to two per customer. The shortage may be because Chinese in New Zealand are buying cans of formula to send b...
The Olympic uniform was shown to John Key and other guests at a dinner on Thursday evening. It is based on the uniform which was worn by the New Zealand athletes at the London Olympics in 1948. The black blazer has white piping around the edge, and o...
The government is going to change the repayment rate for student loans. At the moment, when graduates earn a minimum of $19,084 a year (that is $367 a week), they have to start repaying the loan at a rate of 10% of their pay until the full loan is pa...
Tonight the moon looks bigger and brighter than usual. It is a Super Moon. Actually it is a full moon but also a perigree moon when it is the closest to the Earth during its orbit. These two events are happening together tonight. It last happened Mar...
Affco is a meat company with seven processing plants (or factories) in the North Island. At the processing plants, animals are killed for meat and the meat is prepared for sale in New Zealand or overseas. Frozen or chilled meat is our second largest...
This coming Sunday the second Sunday in May is Mothers Day, a day when children do something special for their mother. One tradition is to give their mother breakfast in bed. Shops try to make Mothers Day a commercial event and encourage people to bu...
