New Zealand lessons learnt so far

90% of camping is looking for stuff.
"Camping is FUN" keep telling yourself that every few minutes and you'll have a great time.
Kiwis will invite you to dinner, invite you to stay with them and screech to a halt if they think you need help, but they won't let you out of a junction or tolerate you doing anything less than 10km over ther speed limit. Ever.
Avoid the roads during Chinese new year.
E becomes I.
I becomes U.
Trollies are trundles.
Flip flops are jandles.
Internet is treated like a precious commodity and charged like diamonds carried across the world on the back of unicorns.
We've seen just as many cows as sheep.
Supermarket self checkouts don't work properly here either.
Maori words starting WH are pronounced FF. E.g Whakapaka sounds like fuck-a-pappa.
Kiwis don't like flight of the conchords, but love Murray. He's in at least half of the tv adverts.
Sandflies are the most sadistic flying insect in the whole country, but its a criminal offense to swash one as its biting you.