In 1989 Ex-pat journalist Peter Sherwood of the Sunday Morning Post in Hong Kong wrote an outstanding book entitled "Voices from the Swamp" which was a compilation of columns he had contributed between 1987-1989. One of those was an article called "New Zealanders have a name for it". If ever any of you can obtain a copy I commend it to you.
The book may have been read by QANTAS as it "tongue in cheek" suggests much of what this insane directive from QANTAS encompasses. Manholes become "road orifices", sheep become "itwools" etc etc. Political Correctness gone mad, sad but true.