The NZ accent is derived from English, like the Australian accent, and despite each country's colonists deriving from differing parts of Britain (there were more Irish in Australia and more Scots in NZ) the accents were remarkably similar until about 50 years ago. The accent started diverging after WWII, with the increased importance of the Maori language being a possible reason for the shift in accent. Another is a conscious effort by Kiwis to sound different to Australians. Note that as with the Australian accent there are Broad, General and Cultured NZ forms, with the latter sounding more like the British Received Pronunciation (as with Educated Australian) while the Broad forms are very nearly mutually unintelligible even to Australians and New Zealanders. There is also a form of New Zealand accent which has a heavy Scots influence (with rolled "r") found around the southern part of the South Island, called, strangely enough, Southland (just to confuse matters further there is a part called North Southland and by inference, presumably, a South Southland). It's also found in the southeast around Dunedin. The capital of Southland, Invercargill, as well as Dunedin, capital of Otago province, are named for Scottish places.
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This site explains it pretty well with subtitles and all http://sites.google.com/site/lrnthaccnt/new-zealand-accent
Of those two, it is closer to the British, but the Kiwi accent has evolved quite a way apart from there so as to be a completely different accent; it is closer to the Australian accent than either American or British.
History is the simple answer. New Zealand has three official languages, Maori, English and New Zealand Sign language. Some early settlers spoke Gaelic, French, Norwegian, Danish, and Chinese. The image of the Tower of Babel (albeit apocryphal) is warning enough.
New Zealand and Australia have distinct currencies. Australia has the Australian Dollar and New Zealand has the New Zealand Dollar. They are not interchangeable or usable in both countries and they have differing values.
He sounds Australian and also British at the same time to people. People from New Zealand have the same accent, so he has a New Zealand accent. Not British, nor Australian. New Zealand.
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New Zealand is a commonwealth country which derived from English origins thus the Union Jack.
This site explains it pretty well with subtitles and all http://sites.google.com/site/lrnthaccnt/new-zealand-accent
pea, if u say it in new zealand accent...not trying to be racist
Seeing as he's from New Zealand, I would say yes.
They do not have the same accent - I can certainly tell the difference. Here in western Canada there are many Aussies and Kiwis and they sound quite different.
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New Zealand uses the same alphabet as other English speaking countries the maori alphabet however - it is unknowen who exactly derived the actual letters
Watch Flight of the Concords; Murray,Bret and Jermaine all have a New Zealand accent.It sounds somewhat like Australian, but if you hear them both you will hear differences.
Of those two, it is closer to the British, but the Kiwi accent has evolved quite a way apart from there so as to be a completely different accent; it is closer to the Australian accent than either American or British.