Kōrero: English language in New Zealand

Dunnies

Dunnies

New Zealand and Australia share many words. Dunny, a colloquial word for a toilet, is one of them. The public toilets in Ōtorohanga are graced with various words meaning toilet, including dunny, and the Māori term wharepaku.

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Flickr: Simon Bisson's photostream
Photographs by Simon Bisson

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Dianne Bardsley, 'English language in New Zealand - The development of New Zealand English', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40325/dunnies (accessed 26 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Dianne Bardsley, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013