Top ten reasons to visit New Zealand

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  1. Richard Thompson

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    Richard Thompson, Sep 25, 2009
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    and Richard will be so kind to be the host Right??
     
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    My wife and daughter visited last year. They had a wonderful time and long to return.
    My daughter even bunji jumped from a tower in Auckland.
     
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    I'd love to. Australia and New Zealand are places I'd truly love to visit some day.
     
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    RT: please translate the local lingo mentioned in one "reason"????

    (i haven't liked Letterman for years.)
     
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    sure, i think you refer to reson 5.

    get the 'whanau' together (get the 'family' together-native maori terminology pronounced 'Far Now')

    stay in the 'batch' (local slang for a beach dwelling or holiday home usually near a beach. a batch can be as small as a single room or as big as a mansion)

    crack open the "chilly bin" (thermal storage device for keeping food/drink either hot or cold. Aussie equivalent = 'ESKI'... usually box shaped with a lid and a handle, fill with ice & beer....)

    slap on the 'Jandals' (local slang for favoured beach/street wear. same as aussie 'thongs' - rubber sole with Y shaped retainer for toes)

    this is all basically saying ' head down to the beach "
     
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    well if the prime minister isnt free.....i'll step right in...
     
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    Flip Flops:

    Went into a Beach shop in Fort Lauderdale Florida in Aug 2002 the shop assistant came over and asked if he could help to which I replied " I'd like a pair of thongs " after he went quiet and stared at me I knew something was wrong so added " they're for my feet ".

    After blinking and twitching for a bit he twigged and smiled with " you'll be wanting some Flip Flops then.... " :redface::smile:
     
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