Conversation sample 1

The short vowels

The KIT vowel is less centralized than in Pakeha New Zealand English, in both kit and sing from the word list.

The TRAP and DRESS vowels are very similar to those of the Pakeha New Zealand English speaker, but the merger before /l/, exemplified in malady and melody, appears to be towards a more open variant.

The short vowels in the read material appear somewhat longer than in the Pakeha New Zealand English sample, but this may be due to the more deliberate reading style. A consequence of this additional length is that the /ɐ/ vowel in us is almost /ɐ:/ -like.