New Zealand Indistinguishable from Australian to British and Americans; and many Australians hear it as simply another type of Aus.
New Zealand Differences from Australian English
Front Vowel Raising: KIT Raising NZ: KIT Centring
New Zealand Differences from Australian English HappY is fully tensed.
New Zealand Differences from Australian English Other vowels: Front vowel raising easier, since i has gone; DRESS is more clearly [í].
New Zealand Differences from Australian English Other vowels: NURSE is rounded and forwarded to ø: E øœøœ
New Zealand Differences from Australian English Other vowels: NEAR & SQUARE Monophthonging: (NB raised first mora.) Tendency towards NEAR-SQUARE Merger
New Zealand Differences from Australian English Consonants: Occasional retention of w (no GCR) wail-whale: weil-Weil. Reportedly a small rhotic area in the South, Scottish settlement. L-vocalisation reported by Hawkins, Wells 609°. !!!!!!! o
New Zealand Differences from Australian English Dark ∑ blocks GOOSE and GOAT Fronting: tool tU∑, goal gou∑.
GOOSE and GOAT Fronting GOAT
GOOSE and GOAT Fronting GOOSE
New Zealand Differences from Australian English