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Kiwiana celebrates unique icons that are a part of New Zealand culture and identity. For example Buzzy Bee, the ‘Sure to rise’ cookbook, hei tiki, Hokey Pokey ice cream, gumboots, Anzac biscuits, pāua, and spending summer at a bach. SCIS no. 1808296

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Pavlova

A delicious and contentious Kiwi favourite.

Ōtorohanga, the kiwi town

Ōtorohanga, the kiwi town

The kiwi - a flightless, fast-running bird with many mammal-like features - is New Zealand's national bird, and New Zealanders are often known as Kiwis. Kiwi are prominent in Ōtorohanga, with three...

Fern

Image of a fern.

Marmite

I miss Marmite so much I decided do a spot of historical research. Marmite Souffle anyone? How about whipping up a Marmite-y savoury pudding? Brew up a hot drink to defy the cold on an icy winter d...

Goodnight kiwi

In the days before 24-hour television, there was Goodnight Kiwi, a short animation from Sam Harvey that bade viewers goodnight once the day's broadcasting ended. Each night the plucky Kiwi shut up ...

Hokey Pokey

Short video about the classic New Zealand treat, hokey pokey.

Sure to Rise

Footrot Flats

In 1986 Footrot Flats: The Dog's (Tail) Tale and its theme song ‘Slice of Heaven’ were huge hits in New Zealand and Australia. The adaptation of Murray Ball's beloved Footrot Flats comic strip mark...

Kiwiana to be taught at university

Canterbury University is expecting a new course in Kiwiana to be a big drawcard for both domestic and international students.

Taihape, gumboot capital

Gumboots – black rubber Wellington boots – were celebrated by satirist John Clarke in his comic persona as laconic farmer Fred Dagg, who sang the boots’ praises in the 1970s. In the 1980s, sufferin...

Gidday Kiwis! cartoon

Gidday Kiwis! cartoon

Leader of the New Zealand First party, Winston Peters, dressed in a checked short and a baseball cap, yells out 'Gooday Kiwis!' as he bursts out of a large egg surrounded by a shower of iconic New ...

Hei Tiki

Video about the significance of the hei tiki.

Prince William and the Buzzy Bee

Prince William and the Buzzy Bee

This excerpt from TV One's 6.30PM News shows a famous photo opportunity from the 1983 Royal Tour downunder by Prince Charles and Princess Diana (with the recently issued baby William in tow). The s...

Fish and chips

The staple takeaway meal in New Zealand, fish and chips, has been popular for decades. The fish is usually elephant fish, blue warehou, red cod, or shark species. They are sold generically as ‘fish...

Sir James Wattie

Sir James Wattie

Sir James Wattie with three of his long-serving employees by the production line for tinned spaghetti at the Wattie's factory in Hastings. From left: Sid Fox, John Cole, Jack Dooley, Wattie. Photog...

Phar Lap (1926-1932)

Article about the champion racehorse, Phar Lap.

Inside a hāngī

Inside a hāngī

This cross-section drawing shows the careful layering of food and cooking materials that produces a successful hāngī. . First a pit is dug in the earth and a hot woodfire is lit in the bottom with ...

Jandals

A pair of black and yellow rubber " GO NAKI " jandals.

Anzac biscuits baked at home by Hart. Yum. Shared as part of Auckland Museum's Kai to Pie exhibition

ANZAC biscuits

The Four Square man

The Four Square man

This print by artist Dick Frizzell celebrates an icon of New Zealand life for many decades. The Four Square brand has been used to market this chain of grocery stores since 1924, when the company s...

Kowhai

A low-statured kowhai, perhaps a Sophora molloyi cultivar.

Bach at Te Hatepe

Bach at Te Hatepe

Summer in a bach beside the sea was a very Kiwi pastime last century. The number of baches has fallen since this colour photograph was taken in the mid-1980s. At this time people began to realise b...

Morepork and pungas

Morepork and pungas

An art print of a morepork and pungas by Juliet Peter.

A Buzzy Bee

A print of A Buzzy Bee by Robin White.

The Tip Top cow

The Tip Top cow

This prize-winning Jersey cow was one of a herd supplying cream to the Karaka Tip Top ice cream company in 2005. She was dressed by Tracey Collins to represent one of the four supreme ice cream fla...

Haka!

Issue No 184 October 8, 1969 - One of the Ngawhetutini group from Manurewa, which gave a demonstration at the recent Maori Competitions, is caught in a striking movement during the recent festiv...

Silver fern

A photograph of a New Zealand silver fern.

Morning tea

A Kiwiana themed morning tea.

Crown Lynn kiwi vase

Crown Lynn kiwi vase

vase, ceramic, Kiwi on a rock base standing next to fern-like flora, base and figure are a single cast, brown and maroon trickle glaze effect, hole in the flora and part of the kiwi's rear make the...

The big chill and the big drill

What was the weather like in Antarctica and what kinds of animals lived there?

Poi E - Patea Māori club

Classic 1980s song by the Patea Māori club.

World-changing New Zealanders

Features 40+ definitive short biographies of New Zealanders who have changed or benefitted the world.

The People’s bird

The Kiwi has given its name to both a nation’s inhabitants and its culture.

The 1994 original world famous in New Zealand L&P ad.

The Gumboots song

The New Zealand gumboots song by Fred Dagg.

Afghan biscuits

Recipe for the traditional New Zealand Afghan biscuit.

New Zealand waiata with poi performed by Nga puna o wairea.

Otorohanga: kiwiana town of New Zealand

Celebrate the icons, heroes and heritage that make us uniquely ‘Kiwi”. Includes teaching resources.

22 BIG things in New Zealand

We may be a small country but we compensate with a bunch of very BIG things!

A Pukeko in a ponga tree

A Kiwi version of the 12 days of Christmas song.

Official website of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.

Whites Aviation Ltd

Leo White's company took some of the most iconic aerial photographs of our beautiful country.

The native flora of New Zealand is unique as it evolved in isolation for millions of years.

Chesdale cheese

TV advert animation with Ches 'n' Dale singing about Chesdale block cheese.

What is a Marae?

Article about the Marae.

A gallery of images related to Kiwiana.

Contains information about animals native to New Zealand.

Billy T James ranks as a key figure in the development of Kiwi comedy.

A gallery of images related to koru patterns.

Recipe for whitebait fritters

How to make the best whitebait fritters.

A gallery of images related to Kiwiana.

Kiwiana quintessentially kiwi

Christchurch City Libraries explores our ‘kiwi-ness’ in this guide to Kiwiana.

Kiwi snacks ranked in order of greatness

Which Kiwi snack is the best? We've ranked them in order of greatness.

Article about a range of quirky objects that define what it is to be a New Zealander, or 'Kiwi'.

We don't know how lucky we are

A Kiwiana classic song, by comedian John Clarke.

Funny New Zealand TV ads

Funny classic New Zealand TV Ads.

Sweet as kiwi lump story

Article about the history of pineapple lumps.

Song about being kiwi.

From pohutukawa to pavlova, Kiwiana are unique cultural icons.

Auckland bridge gets bungy

Auckland bridge gets bungy

Commercial bungy jumping began in 1988 after Kiwi entrepreneurs, A. J. Hackett and Henry van Asch developed their innovative idea (and rubber bungy cords) with the help of Auckland university scien...

Tip Top Ice Cream Company Ltd

Tip Top Ice Cream Company Ltd

On the look-out for a name for Len Malagan and Bert Hayman’s new ice cream company, they overheard a conversation at a restaurant where a gentleman used the expression ‘tip top’ to describe the ser...

Buzzy Bee for the Royal Baby

Buzzy Bee for the Royal Baby

Although the origins of the Buzzy Bee, one of New Zealand’s most recognised pieces of kiwiana are somewhat clouded, the buzzy bee is credited to Auckland brothers, Hec and John Ramsey. John Ramsey ...

Bach at Te Hatepe

Bach at Te Hatepe

Summer in a bach beside the sea was a very Kiwi pastime last century. The number of baches has fallen since this colour photograph was taken in the mid-1980s. At this time people began to realise b...

Duck shooting clothing

Duck shooting clothing

"SWANNDRI Coats, all wool and guaranteed waterproof. Come and see them at H. E. Murch's, Draper."

Kiwi sayings

Here are some common Kiwi slang words and their meanings.

Matariki

The rise of the cluster of Pleiades in winter sky marks the beginning of the Māori New Year. Understand the significance, traditions, and how Matariki is celebrated in New Zealand through kai like ...

Māori Myths and Legends

Māori Myths and Legends

Explore Māori culture through pūrakau about creation myths including; gods, goddesses, whenua, taniwha, Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the exploits of Māui, the voyage of Kupe and the discovery of Aotea...

New Zealand Music

New Zealand Music

Explore the culture, history and uses of music in New Zealand along with famous singers (traditional and contemporary), music awards, bands and the styles of music unique to New Zealand. SCIS numbe...

Haka

Spectators watch in awe when the All Blacks perform the haka. This topic covers the history, significance and types of this ancient Māori war dance that is performed at special ceremonies and event...

Traditional Māori Culture and Customs

Traditional Māori Culture and Customs

The Māori world is rich in tikanga. Find out about the types of weaving, whakapapa, and whakairo, patterns (kowhaiwhai), moko, cooking a hāngī, waiata, dances (peruperu), legends and the protocol f...

Traditional and Contemporary Māori Art

Traditional and Contemporary Māori Art

Kowhaiwhai patterns, carvings (whakairo), weaving (flax, cloaks) and tā moko are associated with Māori art. Explore traditional and contemporary taonga, designs, patterns, and famous Māori artists ...

New Zealand Sport

New Zealand Sport

Many New Zealand sportsmen and sportswomen have achieved world records. This resource covers history of sport, types of sports, including funding, rules, laws, sexism, drugs in sports, Māori sports...

Māori Music and Performance

Māori Music and Performance

Explore the Māori culture, history and uses of taonga puoro along with waiata, famous singers (traditional and contemporary), music awards, styles and contribution of Māori to theatre, film, dance ...

Origin of the hongi

Origin of the hongi

The tradition of the hongi recalls the Māori legend of the creation of the first earthly woman, Hineahuone. She was formed from clay by the creator god Tāne, who then breathed life into her nostril...

‘Yeah Nah’ by The Slacks

The band that created the hit Big Aroha, The Slacks, have written another single, 'Yeah Nah'. It includes Māori and English lyrics, and comes with its own Kiwiana-packed video.

A jandal-shod journey through Kiwi pop culture. Kiwiana takes a light-hearted look at the fashion, art, architecture, attitudes, and icons (Buzzy Bees, Edmonds, Swanndri, Pavlova etc) we call our own.

Student's recreate classic kiwi song using only 'Kiwiana'

Very creative students from the Waikato Institute of Technology have recreated Poi E only using sounds from famous Kiwiana objects.

Miss Tubs: school students' Kiwiana ice-cream business

Six students, 5 from Westlake Girls High and one from Westlake Boys, have been making ice-cream in tubs for the past couple of years, after setting up a business as part of an extra-curricular proj...

1960 pictorial stamps

In November 1958 the Postmaster-General announced that a new set of KNZ-themed pictorial stamps would be issued.

Aotearoa.....the land of the long white cloud. This board is about the things we love about NZ.

A Level 5 unit focused on ways in which cultural and national identity develop and are maintained.

A Level 4 unit about designing and making wearable art accessories based on local culture and environment.

Cross-cultural identity (TMCC16)

View or print the curiosity card about cross-cultural identity. Use this card’s fertile questions to inspire inquiry. Follow the link for more resources to help with teaching and learning.

New Zealand memorabilia to be auctioned

A huge collection of all things New Zealand is due to go under the hammer at Webb's auction house in Auckland.

New Zealand Retro: Kiwiana Food

From Anzac biscuits to cheese rolls, the culinary icons of New Zealand are discussed.

Fred Dagg Profile

A beloved comedian in New Zealand long after he chose exile in Melbourne, John Clarke was also the country's biggest-selling recording star.

New Zealand has had three recognised flags – the United Tribes’ flag, the Union Jack and the current flag, officially called the New Zealand Ensign. In the 2000s the tino rangatiratanga (Māori sove...

The significance of the silver fern

The silver fern has been accepted as a symbol of New Zealand’s national identity since the 1880s.

Wild and Cultivated Iron: Recent Sculpture by Jeff Thomson

Jeff Thomson has taken twentieth-century New Zealand, with its pot-holes and fence-posts, its corner stores and herring-bone cowsheds, and reconstructed it. His art traverses the old and the new Ne...

New Zealand Music Month - 31 reasons to love New Zealand music

This article provides information about 31 of New Zealand’s popular music stories.

In-flight meals with a flair of 'Kiwiana'

In a six-month project, students were asked to develop to a meal or a dish that referred to New Zealand culture in some way.

Kowhai Knitwear

Kowhai Knitwear was a New Zealand fashion label from the 1960s that used motifs already becoming known as Kiwiana.

Kiwiana Booklet

Visitors to this country may have come into contact with some of these items that are affectionately regarded by New Zealanders themselves as important and familiar parts of our national culture.

In 1994 New Zealand Post issued the first Kiwiana stamp series – a light-hearted tribute to the foods, toys, sports and lifestyles that define New Zealand’s culture.

Distinctively Kiwi Kiwiana

A quick reference to School Journal stories and articles designed to support curriculum planning mainly in Social Science. These titles support building knowledge and understandings about New Zeala...

Sounds like us – Kiwiana Radios

In 2007 Radio New Zealand introduced a campaign focusing on iconic and traditional New Zealand images. With some Kiwiana twists these images were developed into ten classic and quirky model radios ...

The new Kiwiana: It's in our food and on the money

New Zealand has changed but our national symbols are stuck in the past. From sheepdogs to beckoning gold cats, we discover what Kiwiana looks like today.

Kiwiana (New Zealand)

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