butternut	type of pumpkin
capsicum	bell peppers
cervena	farmed venison
crayfish	a slightly sweeter and pincer-less type of lobster
eggplant	aubergine
entree	appetizer
feijoa	fleshy, tomato-sized fruit with melon-like flesh and a tangy, perfumed flavour
hogget	the meat from a year-old sheep. Older and more tasty (though less succulent) than lamb, but not as tough as mutton
hot dog	a rather disgusting-looking battered sausage on a stick, dipped in tomato ketchup. What the rest of the world knows as a hot dog is known here as an American hot dog
kiwifruit	hairy brown egg-sized fruit with a juicy green centre which swept the world in the 1980s to become the garnish of choice. The New Zealand-grown variety is now marketed as Zespri
kumara	particularly delicious type of sweet potato and a long-standing Maori staple; often served as kumara chips with sour cream
lamington	sponge cake coated in chocolate or pink icing and rolled in desiccated coconut
muttonbird	gull-sized sooty shearwater that was a major component of the pre-European Maori diet and is said to taste like oily and slightly fishy mutton - hence the name
paua	the muscular foot of the abalone, often minced and served as a fritter pavlova sickly meringue confection topped with cream and fruit that's claimed by Kiwis as adamantly as it is by Aussies
pikelets	small, thick pancakes served cold with butter and jam or whipped cream
puha	type of watercress traditionally gathered by Maori saveloy particularly revolting but popular kind of sausage served boiled
silverside	top-grade corned beef, cured in honey and often served with tangy mustard
swede	rutabaga
tamarillo	slightly bitter, deep-red fruit, often known as a tree tomato
Vegemite	a dark savoury yeast-extract spread that mystifies most people but is much loved by antipodeans, who insist it is far superior to its British equivalent, Marmite