Much as it goes against the grain to defend Microsoft, it is only fair to point out that the Word 97 running on my computer at present has nine different 'English' language options, including both Australian and New Zealand English as separate options.

Scraping the egg off his face, Max reports that when he checked his Word 97, the default language was set to, New Zealand English. Talk about feeling sheepish! I guess it's just been so long since I used it that I had forgotten. I found the grammar checking in WP much better at offering assistance with a nasty little habit I have of over-using the passive voice. That, and, of course, it's not M$. Still, I shall test out M$ Word and see how NZ its English is. Our English is now liberally sprinkled with Maori terms that have become part of standard NZ English, so it will be interesting to see if Word will accept thm.