Kiwi Lingo - How To Understand NZ Slang

Your Property Solutions

Your Property Solutions

 

Here at Your Property Solutions, we will be the first to put up our hand and say we love a good kiwi saying.  So we thought we would give you the not so concise list of what we kiwis are on about!

  • Straight Up: Not hiding anything. Telling the truth. Being honest.
  • Carked It: To die, dead (as in carcass).
  • Keen As: To be eager, excited or interested in something/someone.
  • Suss It Out: To discover or realize information.
  • Mahi: To work, do, perform, make, accomplish, and practice.
  • No Worries: Not a problem.
  • Mean: A word Kiwi’s use to describe just about everything that is remotely cool or interesting. 
  • She’ll Be Right:  Roughly translates into “Don’t worry, everything will be ok”.
  • Rark Up: To confront or oppose.
  • Sweet As: No problem. Great! Awesome!
  • Yarn: to tell a long and interesting story.
  • Check It Out: Phrase from the 60s and 70s, meaning this is so cool, you have to look at it.
  • Mana: Maori word for honor, respect, authority.
  • Good As Gold: Everything is fine.
  • Your Property Solutions: We Buy Property, We Buy Real Estate, We Buy As is Where is Homes in Christchurch and Hamilton. If you want to sell your home privately or sell your earthquake damaged home, we will buy it. In short, we buy property!

I guess you’re wondering how this ties into as is where is real estate? Well, in all truth, we just wanted to let you know we are just a down to earth 100% Kiwi Company and to let you know that we are just like you – honest, hardworking, and love a good yarn!

Billy
Your Property Solutions
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