为了方便那些要留学新西兰的同学和想了解新西兰文化的英语爱好者，在线英语听力室的小编特地整理了一套新西兰英语，希望对大家的学习有所帮助。
新西兰是一个独一无二的国家。新西兰的景色使她同世界上的其他国家相区别，而她的人民则以友善，强壮和独立而出名。新西兰景色美丽多变，生活方式和文化多元化。从翻滚着绿浪的农场到贫瘠的火山沙漠地带，从有着清澈的蓝色海水的金色沙滩到壮丽的白雪覆盖的山峰，新西兰提供了这样一种范例：即在一个相对很小的国土内有着每一种可能的景观。
High temperatures helped to spread fires on two big islands near Auckland. A fire on Waiheke Island started five days ago but is now under control with the help of helicopters with monsoon buckets. The fire destroyed 10,000 square metres of bushes. A...
Yesterday Waiheke Island was in the news because of fire. Listen to Jan 24th 2013 to hear more about this. Today an outdoor sculpture exhibition opens in Waiheke Island. It runs for three weeks. Sculptures are along a 2.5km path on the coast. This ex...
Today the Associate Minister of Transport, Simon Bridges, announced changes to the Warrant of Fitness laws. These changes will happen next year. At the moment, all cars which are less than 6 years old need a WoF (Warrant of Fitness) every 12 months....
NZPost is losing money so the company would like to cut mail deliveries from 6 days a week to 3 days a week. NZPost is planning to put computers in some places, like supermarkets and petrol stations, so that people can post their own mail electronica...
What is fracking? It is a way of getting gas or oil from inside rock, deep underground. Mining companies break the rock using water. This week, the Commissioner for the Environment gave a report on fracking in New Zealand. She said that the mining co...
First listen to November 12th 2012 to hear about NCEA. NCEA exams started three weeks ago and most students finished last week but the last exam was Level 3 Spanish this afternoon. There were 120 different exams at the three levels. 143,000 students...
A tornado hit parts of west Auckland around midday today. Three construction workers were killed when concrete panels fell on top of them. Seven other construction workers were injured. Roofs lifted off houses in the strong wind and trees fell on top...
Probably everyone knows by now that the Duchess of Cambridge wife of Prince William is pregnant. For some time now, Britain and the Commonwealth heads of government have been talking about changing the law to allow a female baby to be next in line to...
Yesterday the Royal Commission, which investigated the collapse of the CTV building after the February 2011 earthquake, made their final report public. First the report was given to the government at the end of November. Last weekend it was given to...
Cyclone Evan hit Samoa on Thursday evening with strong winds and heavy rain. Four people are dead and eight in fishing boats are missing. The captain of one fishing boat managed to swim to a nearby island and was found by a Royal New Zealand Air Forc...
Although the cyclone was category 4 the second highest level gusts of wind were 270km an hour at times. Both the wind and the rain caused damage. Many houses in Fiji are not strong and can easily be destroyed in a storm. Some houses blew away in the...
Our MPs and judges all got a 1.9% pay increase at the end of this year. It was also back-dated to July 1st. This means the pay increase should have started July 1st so they get that extra increase in one big payment. For most back-bench MPs that one-...
Christmas Day in New Zealand is often hot. Its the middle of summer, a few days after the longest day. Because our two main islands are quite narrow, most New Zealanders live close to a beach. A traditional European Christmas dinner roast lamb follow...
The day after Christmas Day is called Boxing Day. It is not clear where this name came from but maybe it came from people putting left-over food into boxes to give to the poor. Nowadays, it is the day when shops have sales and offer good bargains. Th...
The milk processing company, Fonterra, is going to give free milk to all schools in New Zealand if they ask for it. There are about 350,000 primary school children, from Years 1 to 6, in New Zealand. The milk comes in a small box and is heat-treated...
