Our country is so small we all have the same accent lol! With the exception of the lower South Island, where they roll their 'r's...My father grew up there but I grew up in the north of the North Island, yet I still managed to roll my 'r's. 6 years ago I moved to the very bottom of the South Island and fit in perfectly now!!! When i stayed in Germany one of the English teachers there insisted i had an American accent although it isn't a tiny bit like that!!! My ex-husband is from Northern Ireland but I never really noticed his accent. (Btw I LOVE the Irish and Scottish accents!!!).