New Zealandish

English

Adjective

New Zealandish (comparative more New Zealandish, superlative most New Zealandish)

  1. typical of New Zealand
    Don’t try to be more New Zealandish than the New Zealanders.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Margaret Mahy, “A dissolving ghost”, in Damien Wilkins, editor, Great sporting moments, published 2005, page 352:
      I did indeed grow up with a fault line running through me, but that is a very New Zealandish feature when you consider that it is a country of earthquakes and volcanoes.
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