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21-650: [REDACTED] Look up Westie  or westie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westie , or Westy may refer to: People [ edit ] Westie (person) or Westy, someone who comes from the Western suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand or Sydney, Australia Westie, someone who dances the West coast swing Westies, a nickname for members of Principia College 's Rackham Court West or Lowrey House The Westies, nickname for

42-492: A Westy". Bennett is a solo mother and a former social service beneficiary who became Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand in the former National -led Government. Simon Bridges (an ex-Westie) served as leader of the Opposition from 2018 to 2020, during this time National was led by two "Westies". As of the 2010 amalgamation of Auckland's council boundaries into one regional greater council, Waitakere City no longer exists as

63-425: A distinct entity. Yet, those living within the former boundaries remain claiming themselves as Westies essentially within the former boundaries. The term "Westie" was a creation of the 1960s and 1970s as young, working families were encouraged westward into the newly built, rather austere public and private housing subdivisions on Sydney's urban fringe. It was a term of division and derision, and became shorthand for

84-529: A lower socio-economic background, or to the stereotypes associated with such people. It also states that the term has spread throughout Australia and may refer to people who may not live in the western part of their city. With reference to its use in Sydney, the Macquarie Book of Slang says the term is applied negatively to anyone that may live west of one's own suburb. "Westie" is often stereotyped as people from

105-777: A manufacturer from Kingswinford, England West Adelaide Football Club , an Australian rules football club from Adelaide, South Australia Entertainment [ edit ] "Westy Gals", a single by Auckland singer Jan Hellriegel Rock of the Westies , an album by Elton John Other uses [ edit ] West Highland White Terrier , a breed of dog Westy , a suburban district in Warrington, England Camper vans made by Westfalia , primarily based on Volkswagen vans See also [ edit ] Westi (Westinghouse Terminal Interactive), an early local teleprocessing package for IBM's DOS/VSE environment Topics referred to by

126-431: A pejorative or good natured, depending on intent. Many people from west Auckland will call themselves Westies with pride yet not meet the stereotypical criteria. Westies are stereotypically seen as being more brash and of-the-soil than other districts of Auckland. The stereotype also incorporates black jerseys and old V8 cars. The shift from a pejorative to a societal identifier has been abrupt and in no small part due to

147-481: A population considered lowbrow, coarse and lacking education and cultural refinement. Immortalised in the 1977 social realist film, The FJ Holden , by Michael Thornhill , the classic Westie was a male of Anglo-Celtic origin who lived in the vast, homogenous flatlands west of the Sydney CBD . The checked flannelette shirt symbolised his attire and vandalism, cheap drink and hotted-up cars his behaviour. Westie became

168-456: A resident living in the western suburbs of these cities also involves driving towards the sun each way, possibly explaining the cultural similarities across multiple cities. The commuters are commonly known as squinters due to the fact that they must squint while driving because of the rising and setting sun. A Westie in Ballarat is a person living in the western portions of Wendouree , a suburb in

189-450: A rhetorical device to designate the other Sydney: spatially, culturally and economically different from the more prosperous and privileged Sydneysiders of the North, East and South Some in the eastern suburbs might consider residents of Epping as Westies, others may restrict the term to areas such as Blacktown , Granville, Burwood and Berala. Westies were also a common sight in the 1980s in

210-478: A single by Auckland singer Jan Hellriegel Rock of the Westies , an album by Elton John Other uses [ edit ] West Highland White Terrier , a breed of dog Westy , a suburban district in Warrington, England Camper vans made by Westfalia , primarily based on Volkswagen vans See also [ edit ] Westi (Westinghouse Terminal Interactive), an early local teleprocessing package for IBM's DOS/VSE environment Topics referred to by

231-471: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westie [REDACTED] Look up Westie  or westie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Westie , or Westy may refer to: People [ edit ] Westie (person) or Westy, someone who comes from the Western suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand or Sydney, Australia Westie, someone who dances

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252-523: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Westie (person) The term originated, and is most often used, in relation to residents of the numerous western suburbs of Sydney , Australia, and of Auckland , New Zealand. According to the Macquarie Dictionary , the term in Australian English now refers to people from outer suburbs and

273-737: The Royal Westminster Regiment of the Canadian Forces "Westy", a common nickname of people with the surname " West " or a similar name Organizations and companies [ edit ] The Westies , an Irish American gang from New York City, United States The Westies , an Irish gang from Blanchardstown in Dublin, Ireland Westfield Sportscars , a manufacturer from Kingswinford, England West Adelaide Football Club , an Australian rules football club from Adelaide, South Australia Entertainment [ edit ] "Westy Gals",

294-513: The West coast swing Westies, a nickname for members of Principia College 's Rackham Court West or Lowrey House The Westies, nickname for the Royal Westminster Regiment of the Canadian Forces "Westy", a common nickname of people with the surname " West " or a similar name Organizations and companies [ edit ] The Westies , an Irish American gang from New York City, United States The Westies , an Irish gang from Blanchardstown in Dublin, Ireland Westfield Sportscars ,

315-650: The 1993 single Westy Gals by Auckland singer Jan Hellriegel and local comedian Ewen Gilmour 's stand-up comedy act as Ewen "Westie" Gilmour between 1995 and 2000 in the premier television programme Pulp Comedy . Both of these instances gave the term national prominence. Gilmour was "unofficially appointed cultural ambassador" for Waitakere City. He was elected as councillor for the Waitakere City Council in 2004 and joins former mayor Tim Shadbolt as stereotypical westies who entered local body politics. The biography of Bob Harvey , former mayor of Waitakere City,

336-440: The outer suburbs who are unintelligent, undereducated, unmotivated, unrefined, lacking in fashion sense, working-class or unemployed. Clothing such as flannelette shirts, Ugg boots , leopard-print fabric, Adidas outfits with stripes, and blue singlets are associated with the stereotype, as are the "uniform" of black T-shirt and ripped jeans. In Auckland, westies are almost entirely residents of West Auckland and in particular

357-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westie&oldid=1193220730 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

378-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Westie . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westie&oldid=1193220730 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

399-415: The south-western suburbs such as Minto and Campbelltown . The term may also be used to describe someone who acts or uses the same mannerisms as a person from the western suburbs but lives somewhere else. It could be noted in this context that in Sydney, the western suburbs often have no (or less prominent) coastal access. This is often reflected in house prices and suburb "status". The typical commute of

420-461: The suburbs of Massey , Te Atatū , Henderson , Sunnyvale, Glen Eden, Green Bay, Titirangi, Ranui, and New Lynn . Until 2010, these western suburbs formed much of Waitakere City . Some people from Avondale are called by others and themselves westies although Avondale was within the territory of the former Auckland City . To be called a Westie in Auckland is sometimes ambiguous as it can be both

441-452: Was titled Wild Westie . The successful television series Outrageous Fortune is set in west Auckland with the main characters being the West family, a play on the word "Westie". The persona of the standard Auckland "Westie" continues to evolve. In November 2008 Paula Bennett defeated Lynne Pillay , the long-standing Labour Member of Parliament for Waitakere under the banner "Proud to be

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