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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Kiwiana of NZ




Kiaora and welcome to New Zealand, a very unique and special island. There are two main reasons for this; One is our multicultural population and the other our isolated geographic location. New Zeland is filled with treasured kiwiana that we hope to share with you.

The jandal is a rubber sandal that was trade marked in New Zealand in 1940. It is easy to put on and sometimes slips off while you walk with them. These days you can get different coloured jandals with pictures on it.

The term tiki refers to a carved human figure and was and is part of the maori and other Pasifika peoples culture. If you look at the tiki you will see greenstone with red, grey and dark blue. The tiki is pre-European.

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