Haere Mai - come here (Maori origin)
Haka - traditional Maori dance
Hand bag - purse
Handle - pint of beer
Hangi - traditional Maori meal prepared in an underground oven
Hamu - unlawfully demand somebody for food or money
Hard yakka - hard work
Hardcase - person with a good sense of humor
Half pie - poor performance
Headmaster - principal of a school
Heart of gold - kind, open hearted person
Hei matau - traditional Maori pendant, made from bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a highly stylized fish hook
Helengrad - New Zealand's capital city Wellington during the period from 1999 to 2008 while Helen Clark was the Prime Minister of New Zealand
Hen fruit - eggs
Heaps - a lot, "There are a lot of boats in the harbor - There are heaps of boats in the harbor"
Hire - rent
Hissy fit - throwing a tantrum
Hokey pokey - very popular type of ice cream flavor in New Zealand
Home and hosed - exclamation of completing a task safely or successfully
Hoon - person who engages in loutish, anti-social behavior
Hongi - traditional Maori greeting, done by pressing one's nose to another person's nose
Hop to it - comment to act quickly
Hosing down - heavy rain
Hotdog - corndog in local fast food shops
Hottie - hot water bottle
Housetrucker - individuals, families or groups who convert old trucks and school buses into mobile-homes and live in them
Hurl - vomit
How it going mate - a common greeting
