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Kiwiana are certain items and icons from New Zealand's heritage, especially from around the middle of the 20th century, that are seen as representing iconic New Zealand elements. These "quirky things that contribute to a sense of nationhood" [ 1 ] include both genuine cultural icons and kitsch .
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Swanndri is a trade name for a range of popular New Zealand outdoor clothing, and also used informally to refer to their original long heavy bush shirt. The classic "swanny" or bush shirt is a heavy, hooded, woollen garment with a lace up section at the neck.
The Longest Drink In Town is a brand of New Zealand milkshake cup allegedly created in 1968. Although the official documentation on trademarks for the design only go back to the most recent intellectual property update in 2006, it is recalled to have existed and been in use in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
Icons of New Zealand culture are almost as well known by New Zealanders and visitors as unofficial symbols. Certain items of popular culture thought to be unique to New Zealand are also called "Kiwiana". [13]
Jelly Tip is a New Zealand brand of ice cream made by Tip Top.It is an ice cream on a stick with a tip of jelly and coated with chocolate. [1] Invented in 1951, it is estimated that over 150 million Jelly Tips have been sold until 2001. [1]
q The big things of New Zealand are large novelty statues located in many small towns across the country which typically relate to the town and its identity. [1] Examples include the Taihape gumboot, in a town which has an annual gumboot-throwing contest; the large L&P bottle in Paeroa, the town where the drink originated, and the Big Sheep Shearer in Te Kūiti, where the national sheep ...
Until the 1860s Ōtorohanga was a Ngāti Maniapoto village, with several whare (houses), peach trees and a flour mill. [4] Huipūtea is a 300-year-old kahikatea tree, just to the south east of Ōtorohanga, [5] which was the site of a skirmish in 1822 between Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāpuhi. [6]