New Zealanders shake hands when meeting and bidding farewell. The customary way of shaking hands is to shake hands tightly and make direct eye contact. Men should wait for women to extend their hands first. Bowing and holding the head high are also common etiquette among them. When meeting for the first time, people with the same status call each other by their last names, and add "Mr.", "Miss", etc. After getting acquainted, they call each other by their first names.

New Zealanders have a strong sense of time. Appointments must be agreed upon in advance and be on time. Guests can show respect to the host by arriving a few minutes early. The conversation should focus on climate, sports, domestic and foreign politics, tourism, etc., and avoid talking about personal affairs, religion, race and other issues. Meetings with guests are usually held in the office. If you are invited to a New Zealander's home, you can give the male host a box of chocolates or a bottle of whiskey and the female host a bouquet of flowers. Gifts should not be too many or too expensive.

Most of the local residents are descendants of the British. Therefore, many British body language and gesture customs are spread here. They resent loud noises and excessive posturing. Chewing gum or using a toothpick in public is considered uncivilized behavior. New Zealanders eat in the continental European style, which is to always hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand.

New Zealanders are very reserved. Even when they watch movies, they tend to watch them in separate scenes for men and women. There are strict restrictions on alcohol. Restaurants that are licensed to sell alcohol can only sell wine. In restaurants that can sell hard liquor, customers must buy a meal before they are allowed to have a drink.