New Zealand Accent Text to Speech

New Zealand English, with the Maori names that run through it. Every voice here plays a sample straight away.

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Engines behind the New Zealand voices

Kiwi accent voice generator: which engine reads your script?

Several engines supply the en-NZ voices here, of the engines Fliki runs. Switch line by line and keep whichever handles the Maori names best.

2 TTS engines

Microsoft Neural: The steadiest pace for training and announcements.
Amazon Polly Neural: Bulk output, when cost per minute decides it.

All New Zealand AI voices

Every New Zealand voice Fliki ships

Every voice tagged to this dialect, across each language and TTS engine that covers it. Many have an instant sample you can tap to listen to, no account needed.

3 New Zealand voices

Aria♀

Standard

Mitchell♂

Standard

Molly♀

Standard

What makes it sound like home

The vowels, and the Maori that runs through the English

Both are audible in the first two lines of any New Zealand script.

The short vowels moved

New Zealand English shifted its short vowels further than any other variety: the i in fish sits where other accents put a schwa, and the e and a moved up to meet it. That shift is the whole difference between a New Zealand read and an Australian one, and local audiences place it instantly, which is why the samples settle the question faster than any description.

Te reo Maori is part of everyday English here

Kia ora, whanau, mahi and aroha turn up in ordinary corporate and public communication, and so do place names from Whangarei to Taupo. Maori has a consistent pronunciation system of its own, so wh sounds close to an f and every vowel is pronounced. Writing the macrons in and setting the names that repeat gets them right across a whole campaign.

How it works

Making a New Zealand voice over

Hear the samples, write the names properly, check the spelling, export.

Step 1

Play all three samples first

It takes under a minute and it settles the accent question immediately, which is the thing a description cannot do.

Step 2

Write the Maori with its macrons

Macrons mark long vowels and change the word, so Taupo, Whangarei and whanau are worth writing in full rather than stripped.

Step 3

Use New Zealand spelling

Colour, centre, organisation and realise. It barely changes the sound and it is the kind of detail a client notices in review.

Step 4

Export audio or a finished video

Download MP3 for radio, podcast and phone systems, or build visuals and captions here and export a 1080p MP4 from the same script.

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Where a New Zealand voice is used

Six jobs that want a Kiwi read

Work aimed at a New Zealand audience rather than an Australian one.

Local business

Advertising for the domestic market

Spots where the accent does the positioning.

AdvertisingRadio spots

Workplace

Health, safety and induction video

Material revised every time a procedure changes.

InductionSafety

Public

Council and community information

Notices that carry Maori names and need them right.

InformationNotices

Tourism

Destination and operator video

One script narrated again for each visitor market.

Destination videoOperators

Export

Versions for overseas markets

A local master revoiced for Australia, the UK or Asia.

Revoicing Subtitles

Service

On-hold messages and phone menus

Short recordings updated without a studio session.

On-holdPhone menus

New Zealand voice over FAQ

New Zealand voices, answered

The accent, te reo Maori, Australia, cost and commercial rights.

Clearly different to anyone from either country, and the short vowels carry most of it. New Zealand raised its short i towards a central vowel while Australia kept it forward, which is the basis of every joke the two countries make about each other. For advertising or public communication, using the right one of the two is what makes a read sound local.

Maori has a consistent sound system, so once the spelling is right the reading follows. Write the macrons in, since they mark long vowels and change the word, and remember that wh sits close to an f. For the names that repeat through a campaign, setting the pronunciation once keeps every asset consistent.

These are English voices, and they handle the Maori words that appear inside English copy, which is how most New Zealand corporate, council and public material is written. For a script written entirely in te reo, the dedicated language libraries are the better starting point.

Every voice on this page plays a sample immediately, with no account needed. Comparing the same line across them takes under a minute, and it answers the accent question better than any description can.

There is a free plan that renews monthly and asks for no card, and every voice here can be heard before you sign up for anything. MP3 exports on the free plan carry no watermark, video exports do. Paid plans remove the length limits and add WAV plus commercial rights.

Yes, on a paid plan. Audio generated on a paid plan is royalty free and cleared for broadcast advertising, client work, YouTube monetisation, training material and phone systems. Video exported on the free plan keeps a small Fliki watermark.

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