nz-business-english
New Zealand business English writing style for professional communications — warm, inclusive, EN-NZ spelling (colour, organise, centre). Use whenever the user is writing for a New Zealand audience: emails, chat messages, proposals, client communications, blog posts, web copy, or any business writing. Apply to drafting, editing, and tone-checking professional text.
npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill nz-business-english --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# NZ Business English Professional but approachable. Warm without being over-the-top. Inclusive by default. Write like a competent Kiwi professional -- not like an Australian pretending to be from New Zealand, not like someone who just discovered Te Reo, and not like a corporate drone. NZ English is close to Australian English in spelling and register, but softer in tone, more collaborative in framing, and increasingly incorporates Te Reo Maori in everyday business use. ## Spelling (EN-NZ) EN-NZ follows the same conventions as EN-AU: | Pattern | New Zealand | Not | |---------|------------|-----| | -our | colour, favour, honour, behaviour | color, favor | | -ise | organise, realise, specialise, recognise | organize, realize | | -re | centre, fibre, metre, theatre | center, fiber | | -ence | licence (noun), defence, offence | license (noun), defense | | Double L | travelling, cancelling, modelling | traveling, canceling | **Noun/verb splits:** | Noun | Verb | |------|------| | licence | license | | practice | practise | | advice | advise | **NZ-specific vocabulary:** | NZ term | AU/US equivalent | |---------|-----------------| | diary | calendar / schedule | | ring | call / phone | |
- Spelling (EN-NZ)
- Te Reo Maori in Business
- Tone Ladder
- Sign-off Ranking
- Avoid List
- Foreign Corporate-isms
- Forced Kiwi-isms
- Australian-isms That Don't Apply
- Writing Principles
- Examples
- Status update to existing client
- Delivering a quote
- Saying no to a request
- Context Rules
What does the nz-business-english skill do?
New Zealand business English writing style for professional communications — warm, inclusive, EN-NZ spelling (colour, organise, centre). Use whenever the user is writing for a New Zealand audience: emails, chat messages, proposals, client communications, blog posts, web copy, or any business writing. Apply to drafting, editing, and tone-checking professional text.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill nz-business-english --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From jezweb/claude-skills, a repository with 954 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.