NZE is non-rhotic, with the exception of the Southland BURR, the use by some speakers in Southland and Otago. It has been said that the norm of educated NZE is the RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION of the BBC World Service. RP has a small number of speakers in New Zealand. Most speakers called NEAR-RP .Its consonants do not differ significantly from those in RP except that a wh/w.