Movie Details
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Irene Gardiner
Production Companies:Bright Spark Television NZ on Air
New Zild The Story of New Zealand English on the Web:Official Website
New Zild The Story of New Zealand English
45 minDocumentary
Oftderided across the dutch for its vowelmangling pronunciation sex fushnchups anyone and too fastpaced for tourists and Elton John to understand is New Zealands unique accent Presented by Jim Mora New Zild follows the evolution of New Zealand English from the colonial twang to Billy T Linguist Elizabeth Gordon explains the infamous HRT High Rising Terminal ending our sentences and Mora interprets such phrases as air gun how are you going Features Lyn of Tawa in an accent faceoff with Sam Neill and Judy Bailey
DirectorJohn Milligan