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。
Last week, the Prime Minister, John Key, said that the government would give some money for free breakfasts in some schools. Already Sanitarium provides Weetbix and Fonterra provides milk for breakfast in some schools twice a week. Now there will be...
Today the Crown which means the government signed a treaty settlement with the Tuhoe people for $1.7m. This is the third biggest treaty settlement. The Tuhoe land is in the Urewera area which includes the National Park, Lake Waikaremoana. The area is...
New Zealand is a long country, ranging from 37 degrees latitude in the far north to 47 degrees latitude in the far south. It is not surprising that we have very different weather in different parts of the country. More North Westerly winds affected t...
A new OECD report shows that New Zealanders pay more for their housing than most other developed countries. On average, New Zealanders spend 26% of their income on a place to live either paying rent or paying a mortgage. The average for all OECD coun...
Matariki is the Maori New Year. Just before dawn this morning, the seven stars of the Pleiades which Maori call Matariki, appeared in the sky. Some Maori iwi celebrate Matariki after the next full moon or at the next new moon. For Maori, it was a tim...
The Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler said this morning that the Official Cash Rate the OCR will remain at 2.5%. The Governor of the Reserve Bank sets the OCR 8 times a year. Today he said there was still some negative financial news in Europe but...
Its winter and snow has fallen in the mountains. Coronet Peak ski field in Queenstown opened last weekend and Mt Hutt near Christchurch opened today. However, the forecast for tomorrow and the next few days is for snow showers so maybe there will be...
Most of the South Island has had heavy rain causing flooding. In Nelson, a mudslide came down on top of a house, killing the woman who lived there. Heavy rain caused more mudslides in many parts of Nelson and some roads were closed. Dunedin and Chris...
Lianne Dalziel today announced that she was a candidate for mayor of Christchurch. Mayor Bob Parker also plans to stand as a candidate for mayor so Christchurch people will have a choice of two strong people. This will make the local body elections i...
Wild weather hit Wellington last night with heavy rain and strong winds. Winds reaching 200 km an hour caused a lot of damage. Winds lifted roofs off houses. Trees and power lines came down. About 30,000 homes lost their electricity. Huge waves broke...
Milford Sound in Fiordland is the number one tourist attraction for many overseas visitors to New Zealand. However, it is not easy to get there. Many tourists choose to take a bus trip from Queenstown to Milford Sound and return in one day. The dista...
Many farms in the high country in Otago and Canterbury had so much snow that their animals could not move and the farmer could not move to the animals to bring them hay. For the last two days, 50 or 60 volunteers helped to rescue sheep. Most of the v...
Traffic jams are common in Auckland. They are bad for business and bad for commuters who sit in their cars on the way to work getting more and more annoyed by congestion. The Prime Minister, John Key, announced this week more money to improve Aucklan...
Immediately after the February 2011 earthquake, the army moved into Christchurch CBD to keep people out. Fences went up around the four avenues which border the city and the only people allowed in and out were engineers, police or others working on d...
Vocabulary ?congestion too many people or cars which means they cant move easily ?urban sprawl city spread out too much ?infrastructure water, sewage, electricity, transport etc ?metropolitan city ?submissions write your opinions and send them to the...
