Australia versus New Zealand...

Yes, they always win the rugby, they play it very well.

But going back in time, Australia was colonised by English convicts, many of whom were Irish political troublemakers. History has shown they had a point.
New Zealand was colonised by Scottish immigrants some time later. They had similar issues colonising, but it was a singular nation with a common language, and so they had an agreement with the native ppulation in 1850 or something.

This mostly explains the peculiar accent New Zealanders have, and why the higher social levels of New Zealand society have an English accent rather than the comedic fush end chups accent.

But there has been a lot of mixing and matching along the way, folks from Pacific nations etc,. bringing their own variations and adding to the mix.

One only has to watch an episode or two of Motorway patrol to see the English accent is still something to aspire to in this impoverished Pacific nation. All the police officers that couldn't really cur it back home in England, migrted to New Zealand to book halfwits for trivial things. I think majority of folks migrating from a big country to a small one would have their reasons, but generally not admit them. You're doing so well in England you migrate to New Zealand, oh give me a break...

Fortunately, our migration laws are more strict now New Zealand is no longer part of NSW, and so it is no longer a stepping stone.. Hopefully the grubs will realise this and hopefully our laws are tightened up even more.

We are sending a record number of bikies, paedophiles, and other New Zealand lowlifes back to where they belong, and hopefully we can increase the numbers and get rid of the scum.