The NZE accent is carried mainly by the vowels.Early complaints about the 'colonial twang' focused particularly on the diphthongs MOUTH and PRICE ,followed quickly by FACE and GOAT.NZE has diphthong shift and glide weakening in these diphthong (Wells1982),so that PRICE is usually realized as [aƏ] or [æ] in a broader accent, FACE as [ae]or [ɒe] in a broader accent,and GOAT as [Ə] in a broader accent. MOUTH is losing its rounded second element,especially by higher social closed syllables like loud,so that it is usually realized as [æƏ] or in broader NZE.