The table starts at seafood BBQ.
A short phrase (opposite season) is the door to etiquette.
Food
- seafood BBQ — seafood BBQ is a coordinate on the Oceania table. Prefer markets to tourist menus.
- Maori hangi — Maori hangi is a coordinate on the Oceania table. Prefer markets to tourist menus.
- Pacific coconut — Pacific coconut is a coordinate on the Oceania table. Prefer markets to tourist menus.
- flat whites — flat whites is a coordinate on the Oceania table. Prefer markets to tourist menus.
- pavlovas — pavlovas is a coordinate on the Oceania table. Prefer markets to tourist menus.
Etiquette
- Greeting — opposite season — Dec-Feb summer
- Sacred sites — Cover shoulders and knees; read no-photo signs before the caption.
- Tipping — Tipping customs differ; read whether service is already on the bill.
- Queues — Skipping a queue is not a time save; it is a scene you cannot unshoot.
Festival notes
- Australia Day / peak summer — Australia Day / peak summer lands in January — transport and beds move together. Lock dates first.
- Waitangi Day travel — Waitangi Day travel lands in February — transport and beds move together. Lock dates first.
- Whale-watch NZ winter — Whale-watch NZ winter lands in June — transport and beds move together. Lock dates first.
- Southern summer open — Southern summer open lands in December — transport and beds move together. Lock dates first.
Phrases
- opposite season — opposite season: Dec-Feb summer. Timing beats accent.
- cyclone window — cyclone window: Nov-Apr tropics. Timing beats accent.
- eVisitor / NZeTA — eVisitor / NZeTA: pre-clear. Timing beats accent.
- long-haul — long-haul: jet lag as a day. Timing beats accent.
Culture is a speed, not a checklist. Slow is more accurate.
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