Julie & Kishore by Carol Jackson - HTML preview

GLOSSARY

KIWI ICONS:

Hokey Pokey ice-cream: Vanilla ice-cream with little hokey pokey nuggets, which are small, round solid lumps of honeycomb toffee

Hundreds and thousands: sprinkles - tiny pieces of confectionary used for topping baking or desserts

L&P: Lemon and Paeora - (Paeora is a town in New Zealand) L&P is a fizzy drink, traditionally made by combining lemon juice and carbonated mineral water

Milo: A chocolate powder that is stirred into water or milk to make a hot or cold drink

Swandris: the trade name of a New Zealand outdoor clothing range. A woolen bush shirt is commonly referred to as a swandri

Paua (pah-wah) Shells: This beautiful shell has brilliant rainbow colours with blues and greens being dominant and is often made into jewellery

Watties tomato sauce: Watties is a New Zealand brand of tomato sauce

MAORI:

Aotearoa (ao-te-ah-roa): ‘Land of the long white cloud’ the Maori name for New Zealand

Haka (haka) : Traditional Maori war dance

Hongi (hong-ee) : A traditional greeting where two people press their nose and forehead together

Marae (ma-rai) : Maori meeting house

Moko (mo-ko) : Maori tattoo – Maori women customarily wear a moko on their chins or lips

Pakeha (pa-kee-ha): Non-Maori, New Zealander

Powhiri (po-fe-ree): A formal Maori welcome that takes place on a Marae

Wahine (wah-hee-ney): Maori woman

HINDI:

Sayings:

Fhir milenge (fhirr mil-en-gay): We will meet again

Kei ha lai? (kee ha lay?): How are you?

Mai theek hu (may theek hoo): I am good

Mai tumse piyar karti hu (may tum-say pee-yar karte hoo): I love you

Kha ha hai? (kha ha hai?): Where is it?

Aan Milo Sajna (aan melo sajna): ‘Meet me today my friend’