Auckland - Post Report Question and Answers
How much of the local language do you need for daily living? Are local language classes/tutors available and affordable?
If you are from China or India you could exist in pockets of Auckland without having to learn English. However, knowing English is very important for the rest of New Zealand as, even though NZ is full of immigrants, you don't hear many other languages on the street other than in the city centre. - Feb 2015
You won't always be understood with your American accent and many place names are in Maori, but it is an English-speaking country. - Apr 2012
English. The Maori language is interesting, and knowing a few words will endear you to the local Maori -- though I've not met many Kiwis who can speak it. - Jul 2011
Well, it's an English speaking country, so no problem there. There are words they use that are different than we use in America, but you learn the quickly enough. At work I was asked if I needed a rubber. I was fairly shocked until it was explained that a rubber is an eraser. We all had a good laugh over that. - Mar 2010
