Kiwiana - Well-known Examples

Well-known Examples

• Afghan biscuit — a cookie/biscuit which contains cornflakes with a soft biscuit base, chocolate icing on top and a walnut
• All Blacks — national Rugby Union team.
• Bach - small modest holiday home
• Buzzy Bee — wooden child's toy.
• Cardigan Bay — a famous racehorse from New Zealand, who was the first trotter to win a million US dollars.
• Chocolate fish — confection of marshmallow covered in chocolate, in the shape of a fish.
• Cookie Time cookies — a large chocolate chip cookie often sold individually and typically heated up before being consumed.
• Edmonds 'Sure to Rise' Baking Powder, the distinctive Edmonds factory (demolished in the late 1980s), and the Edmonds Cookbook.
• Footrot Flats — popular cartoon strip by Murray Ball.
• Foxton Fizz - retro brand of soda drink from Foxton. Dates back to 1918. Was originally distributed in Foxton and as far south as Otaki, and north to Sanson. In 2010 it began enjoying a resurgence in popular cafes and some bars.
• Gumboots — calf length rubber boots, usually in black
• Hāngi — Method of cooking using heated rocks buried underground in a pit oven.
• Hei-tiki — Māori neck pendant, often in plastic versions sold to tourists.
• Hokey pokey ice-cream — plain vanilla ice cream with added small, solid lumps of toffee.
• Jandals — beach footwear with a bit of sole but very little else. AKA flip-flops (USA,UK)
• Kiwi — native bird; its stylised image or shape frequently appears on things associated with New Zealand.
• Kiwifruit — fruit from a vine originating in China but selectively bred by New Zealand horticulturalists to obtain egg-sized fruit with green or gold flesh. In New Zealand it was originally called "Chinese gooseberry".
• The Longest Drink in Town — since 1968, this iconic blue and red giraffe image has appeared on the side of paper cups used by dairies and icecream parlours for milkshakes
• Marmite — a dark and salty spread made from yeast extract, similar to Vegemite. New Zealand Marmite is distinct from British Marmite, in taste and recipe. Marmite is made in New Zealand, as opposed to Vegemite, which is made in Australia.
• Number 8 wire — a gauge of wire often used inventively and practically for applications other than for fencing. It is also used as a term that epitomises the "kiwi bloke" as someone who can turn their hand to anything.
• Paua — the polished shell of the native paua (abalone) shellfish, turned into jewellery and souvenirs or ashtrays. Once considered kitsch, it is starting to regain its popularity.
• Pavlova — a light and fluffy meringue dessert named after the ballet dancer, Anna Pavlova
• Whittaker's peanut slab - a chocolate and nut confection manufactured in Porirua that comes in various chocolate varieties
• Phar Lap — a horse from New Zealand, who won many prestigious races in Australia and North America.
• Pineapple lumps — confectionery made with a pineapple flavoured centre covered in chocolate.
• Railway crockery — a typically heavy style of crockery used in the state railway system
• Silver fern — native plant; its stylised image or shape is displayed on army insignia and by many of the national sports teams.
• Swanndri — a 100% water-proof woollen overcoat. Popular amongst farmers due to it being 'warm in winter, cool in summer'. Typically made in a tartan/patch work pattern. Often blue and black, or red and black in colour. Often worn in conjunction with Gumboots and/or Stubbies.
• Tip-Top ice cream.
• Watties tomato sauce (especially when served in a plastic container shaped like a tomato).
• Four Square supermarkets — especially Mr Four Square, the marketing logo.
• Koru a pattern used by the native people the maori the Koru is used in carvings and drawings on their art.