Except for the elongated "r" sounds used by the residents of the South Island, the accent is pretty much consistent throughout the country. South African, although differing in a number of important respects, also has a general similarity to Australian . South Africa consumes 0.5124 gallons of oil per day per capita while New Zealand consumes 1.4196 This entry is the total oil consumed in gallons per day (gal/day) divided by the population. I can only imagine what it’s like to constantly be told you’re from a country thousands of miles from where you grew up. With that in mind, I hope to shed a little light on why these accents get mistaken for one another. The New Zealand accent is similar to the Aussie accent except that their vowels are drawn out differently to the Aussies. Also, a South African accent isn’t inherently an Afrikaans one, as another comment mentioned. The best we can do with the meeting planner is to expand the range to cover from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM your time (South Africa). Without knowing the details that separate the two, you may not be able to tell the difference at all. While accents can also be a little broader in rural areas, sounding a bit more like Australian English, the kiwi accent is generally uniform and recognizable as being from New Zealand. Trevor Noah reacts to ‘sexiest accent in the world’ results The New Zealand accent is unofficially the sexiest accent in the world, followed by a South African accent. Just like the Australian and New Zealand accents are very similar and hard to tell apart to the untrained ear, a South African accent falls into that category. There are aspects that a South African accent has that aren’t necessarily also Afrikaans sounding. Trevor Noah reacts to ‘sexiest accent in the world’ results The New Zealand accent is unofficially the sexiest accent in the world, followed by a South African accent. The New Zealand accent is unofficially the sexiest accent in the world, followed by a South African accent. Meeting planner for South Africa and New Zealand. Trevor Noah disagrees. The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Trevor Noah disagrees. The New Zealand accent is similar to the Aussie accent except that their vowels are drawn out differently to the Aussies. Australian English and New Zealand English also demonstrate this split. I think that the only way to notice how glaringly different the South African, Australian, New Zealand and English accents are, is to actually listen to people with these accents talk one after the other. I think that the only way to notice how glaringly different the South African, Australian, New Zealand and English accents are, is to actually listen to people with these accents talk one after the other. When I speak English to people in Europe, especially in the UK, they tend to assume I’m from New Zealand or Australia until I tell them I’m South African. Maybe it helps to rephrase the question as Why does a SA English accent sound similar to an Australian accent — to people who hear them as similar? The reason it is so difficult is because of the chief divisions of the English accent. And if you’re from New Zealand or South Africa, many a poor soul has certainly mistaken you for Australian. It’s not just you.
I think it’s like a process of elimination for Europeans. Unfortunately, there aren't any times that overlap between your normal working hours and theirs. The Australian and New Zealand accents of English are very similar to one another.