ID
Miki: What are you up to tonight, Eva?
Eva: Some of my friends are going out for a couple of drinks…and I want to go too, but I don’t have any ID.
Miki : Oh no. I always get asked for ID when I go to the pub – I think I look young because I’m so short. They have to ask you if you look under 25…and I’m 27! I have a friend who always has a beard or stubble, and he never gets IDed, even though he’s only 23. Where are your friends going?
Eva: They’re going up to the Leigh Sawmill. It’s way out of Auckland – just north of Warkworth. One of my friends lives nearby; it’s really nice up there. It’s such a shame that I don’t have my licence to use as ID.
Miki: Hang on, Eva, you must have a passport. I mean, you came here from China, you must have brought your passport.
Eva: Yeah…why?
Miki: Well, you can use your passport as ID. The things that you can use as ID are a driver’s licence, a New Zealand or overseas passport, or an 18+ card.
Eva: Really? That’s awesome. I didn’t know that. What’s an 18+ card?
Miki: It’s a card that you can apply for at the post office, to show that you’re over 18. Hey that’s probably a good thing for you to get, Eva. Then you don’t have to take your passport with you all the time. It’d be a bummer if you lost that.
Eva: Sure would. Thanks for that Miki…I’d better go and get ready to go to the Leigh Sawmill!
Glossary
ID – Identification. Proof of who you are. In New Zealand, you have to be 18 or over to buy alcohol, so you will often be asked to show ID to prove that you are old enough.
Stubble – Short facial hair. Facial hair that is not really long enough to be called a beard or moustache, more like when someone hasn’t shaved for a couple of days.
IDed – To be asked to show identification. Eg. “I was IDed when I went to the pub last night.”
Awesome – Fantastic, wonderful, great.
A bummer – This is a very informal way of saying “a shame” or “a pity”. You might say it to your friends but you wouldn’t say it to your boss or your grandparents.
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