The long vowels

The FLEECE vowel is somewhat closer than that of the Pakeha New Zealand English speaker.

BATH/START – The words bath and palm have very similar vowels for the two speakers. In the word start, the Maori English vowel is somewhat fronter, despite our general observation that BATH/START is backer than in Pakeha New Zealand English.

The GOOSE vowel is clearly fronter than Pakeha New Zealand English.

The NURSE vowel seems much more rounded and fronter than Pakeha New Zealand English, both in nurse and in girl, which has a very broad pronunciation in this set. This quality for NURSE is also noticeable in the conversation, in the words work (around 23 seconds) and first (around 161 seconds).