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New Zealander

British

/ ˈziːləndə /

noun

a native or inhabitant of New Zealand

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Following the auction, Sunrisers Leeds head coach Daniel Vettori, a New Zealander, said he had not been given any instructions to avoid specific players.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Senior England player Jos Buttler on Tuesday backed under-fire Brendon McCullum, saying the New Zealander was "as sharp a coach as I've ever worked with".

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Afterwards, however, New Zealander McCullum, 44, was keen to rally round his captain and players.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

She added that Mansfield, a native New Zealander, was “hard & cheap.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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