That's great actually, because it also works for South African (I often have a hard time with SA vs NZ) - 'fish and chips' with very short 'i', like it's reluctantly put in at all, I think.

The whole fish and chips thing is well overdone...

If you want to tell Aussies and kiwis apart, listen for "Chance" and "Dance".

Kiwis will say the 'a' like in the word "aren't", whereas Aussies will say it like the 'a' in "ants".

Much more discrete to ask about dancing than fish and chips ;)

Well now I'm confused as Aussies tend to pronounce "ants" as "eents"

Canadian: "What time is it now?" New Zealander: "Teeen." Canadian: "??????"