One form of New Zealand English increasingly heard is Māori English. Distinctive features of Māori English are the High Rising Terminal, where the tone is high at the end of a statement, the use of 'eh' at the end of a sentence and front pronunciation of the GOOSE vowel. Watch these clips from the 2010 film Boy to hear Māori English in use.
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