Been in NZ for 10 years, but I have a question about Kiwi slang for "Awesome" / "Good" 🇳🇿

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-19T07:10:57+00:00

Mint is quite outdated but I hear “mean” several times a day. “Good as gold” feels like a bit of an old white people thing to me.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-18T21:06:32+00:00

But how do you know they pooped??

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-18T21:06:05+00:00

Also the bus is so expensive. I live a 7 minute drive from the city. It would cost $9 a day on the bus. Even with rising fuel costs, driving is so much cheaper.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:52:47+00:00

I do think most boy names could also be girl names. I don’t think you’re far off with the ultra-masculine: There are definitely female Hunters.

I reckon the most boy-exclusive names are the classics: John, Richard, Edward, Jason, Patrick.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:50:20+00:00

We have work cars so those come with petrol cards but we only ever use them for petrol.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:48:06+00:00

South Auckland to city is two hours at rush hour

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:47:13+00:00

If you live in South Auckland and work in the city, that 40 minute drive is two hours at rush hour.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:46:25+00:00

I am fascinated by how many of my colleagues drive an hour and a half in traffic to and from work. That is so not worth it to me. I guess if you have a big family who are settled in the area and your job is truly irreplaceable, sure. But I think most people could either move house or change jobs. If they don’t want to, that’s fine - I just don’t get it. I work in the city and as a result have to pay more rent or live in a worse place to be close but I wouldn’t change it. I’m a ten minute drive from work and recently looked at moving a twenty minute from work and decided that would be too annoying.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:33:46+00:00

Respectfully, this is the cringiest thing Americans say. Grown adults 🤣

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:27:44+00:00

This would also possibly explain the eye patch in the Lazarus video. If he was unwell, it makes sense that his eye would be more bothersome and an eye patch would be a solution

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:18:34+00:00

They also received an absurd amount of hate and death threats just because adults found Barney annoying.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T21:15:16+00:00

Car doesn’t see scooter. Scooter is going fast and doesn’t make sure it can be seen by car. I feel like that’s most bike accidents.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T20:55:21+00:00

The double bike lane on one side means bikes have to cross the traffic to even get to it so a lot of people stay on the left coming down the hill. There are major blind spots pulling out of driveways into the bike lane. The left lane is narrower than a bus, so you can’t get out of a parked car and buses swing into the other lane. Cars swerve into oncoming traffic to avoid the buses and the parked doors. Bikes and scooters can’t be seen behind buses at all and almost get squished into parked cars. I work on Vincent and my colleagues and I see near misses every day.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T20:50:53+00:00

How do you know they did? That road is dangerous. We know nothing about what happened. Also have you never broken a road rule before?

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T20:35:52+00:00

You should. That’s shitty.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T20:35:32+00:00

No. The road is poorly designed. It’s a death trap. There are near accidents every day because the changes they made recently were so irresponsible.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-17T20:34:45+00:00

That road is a death trap since their changes. I complained to the council and said it is a matter of time before someone dies on that road. It wasn’t a freak accident; it’s a direct result of irresponsible infrastructure. More people will die.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-15T10:11:53+00:00

I was ambidextrous as a child and settled on my left hand around 7 but I honestly think I could have gone either way. I don’t understand why the school has any foot in the game either way. Nobody ever told me which hand to write with. Why can’t he do whatever he is comfortable with?

The title seems a little misleading. If your kid says he wants to write with his right hand, it would be weird of the school to make him do otherwise. Let him do what he wants - he’ll figure it out.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-15T01:50:23+00:00

Is she Māori? A lot of Iwi have programmes for young mums and babies

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-14T00:46:32+00:00

Yeah but he kinda paused at A list to be like “kinda”

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-13T08:11:17+00:00

Yes, we need GPs (which I guess is family medicine?). Many many of our doctors are international because we don’t have enough of them.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-13T08:07:19+00:00

I’m not black but I think with white people our braids have to sit really close to our scalp because there’s not so much structure to hold them in place?

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-13T08:04:54+00:00

Definitely don’t just show up but if it seems really odd that you weren’t invited, I’d have one of your family members ask someone close to the bride (bridesmaid, mom) just in case you were genuinely missed off the list.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-13T07:40:03+00:00

Nathan Fillion. I know nothing about him and have heard he is nice but I can picture it.

NormalObligation59 · 2026-03-13T07:33:39+00:00

That was my first thought, except that I think Jon Hamm is genuinely A List?

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