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。
Many Auckland people have had measles in the last four months. The numbers are increasing and the Medical Officer of Health thinks we may have a measles epidemic. So far, in Auckland, doctors know of 164 people who have had measles in the last four m...
Fonterra, the huge dairy company, said that the payout to farmers for the year 2010 to 2011 will be a record high one. It was a good season, with mild weather in most places and high milk production from most farms. Fonterra is a cooperative company...
If you live in New Zealand, remember to put your clock forward tomorrow morning. Officially the change to daylight saving time is 2.00am which becomes 3.00am but for most of us, we change our clocks before we go to bed or when we wake up. For example...
For background to this, listen to September 6 2011. The second stage of the inquiry ended on Friday. This stage was looking at the Search and Rescue to find out why 29 miners died in the Pike River Mine last November. For the last three weeks we have...
The Minister of Fisheries controls the fishing quotas for commercial fishing. Yesterday the Minister said that the quota for Hoki will increase from 120,000 tonnes to 130,000 tonnes. This is because the Ministrys scientists say the numbers of Hoki in...
Another New Zealand SAS soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the second one in a month. He was Lance Corporal Leon Smith, from Wellington, aged in his mid thirties. He is the 4th New Zealand soldier to die in Afghanistan. SAS means Special Air Ser...
Listen to August 3rd 2011 to hear more about the penguin Happy Feet. The Emperor Penguin, named Happy Feet, left the zoo last night. He is on board the ship, Tangaroa. This ship is used by scientists for studying plants and animals in the sea. It is...
The World of Wearable Arts show is on in Wellington at the moment. It finishes Saturday 10th September. Wearable Arts means art to wear and costumes are made from many different kinds of fabric including paper, plastic, or waste materials. The Suprem...
Most of the main Australian newspapers will not send photographers or journalists to New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup (RWC). These are newspapers owned by Murdoch and Fairfax. The Australian Associated Press is also planning to boycott the RWC. On...
The Supreme Court today said that two orthopaedic surgeons owe the Inland Revenue more money. They each sold their medical practice to a company but they were the boss of the company. The company then employed them to do exactly the same job and paid...
It is six months today since the February earthquake which killed 181 people. The city of Christchurch has changed completely in that time. The central city is still closed while buildings are demolished. 370 buildings have been demolished so far. An...
Biosecurity Australia will now allow New Zealand to export apples to their country. However, Australian apple growers are not happy. To understand more about this, you need to listen to April 15th 2010. Australian apple growers do not want New Zealan...
We have had an unusual winter storm for the last two or three days but it is not finished yet. Bitterly cold weather from the Antarctic has gradually spread over the whole country. First the far south of the South Island including the towns of Dunedi...
Sir Paul Reeves died after a short illness yesterday, aged 78. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1985 to 1990, the first Maori Governor-General. There will be a state funeral later this week to honour him. He was an unusual choice for Gover...
The South Ridge on Aoraki Mt Cook has been re-named Hillary Ridge. This is to honour Sir Edmund Hillary who was in the group of four climbers who were first to climb along that ridge to the top the mountain in 1948. It took them 7 hours. Aoraki Mt Co...
