- 1/65
- Lip Smackers. Who knew lip gloss could be so addictive?
- 2/65
- Birthday parties at Lollipops or Chipmunks.
- 3/65
- Stuffing your face with fairy bread and cherrios at said parties.
- 4/65
- Renting movies from Blockbusters and watching at home with PizzaHut.
- 5/65
- “0800838383.”
- 6/65
- Total Girl magazine. Quality.
- 7/65
- Calippo Shots and Juicies.
- 8/65
- Forgetting your hat and having to stay inside during break.
- 9/65
- Your favourite book was Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.
- 10/65
- Aaaaaaaand, runner’s up were The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
- 11/65
- And The Rainbow Fish
- 12/65
- And The Three-Legged Cat
- 13/65
- And We’re Going On A Bear Hunt
- 14/65
- Paper fortune tellers. “Blue, black, green or red”
- 15/65
- Trying not too bail on those wooden gym vaults during P.E
- 16/65
- Asking for people’s autographs for your cool as autograph book
- 17/65
- Being a boss on the recorder
- 18/65
- Letting white glue dry on your hand so you could peel it off. Oddly satisfying
- 19/65
- Cranking out some sweet tunes with Melody Pops
- 20/65
- Getting all competitive playing Hungry Hippo
- 21/65
- Wanting your lunchbox to be filled with Rice Krispies Treats.
- 22/65
- And fruit roll ups that you wrap around your finger and suck on.
- 23/65
- And Milo bars.
- 24/65
- And Poppa Jacks.
- 25/65
- And Dunkaroos.
- 26/65
- And Tiny Teddies (who remembers the ads that were on TV????)
- 27/65
- Marmite chip sammies.
- 28/65
- McDonald’s Young Entertainers. ‘Nuff said
- 29/65
- Sniffing Mr. Sketch Scented Markers. We all had a fave.
- 30/65
- Playing with slinkies.
- 31/65
- And Koosh balls.
- 32/65
- And wearing / eating candy necklaces.
- 33/65
- The sheer joy when a television was wheeled into the classroom.
- 34/65
- Smashing MallowPuffs on your forehead before eating them.
- 35/65
- Frolicking to the dairy for 50c lolly bags
- 36/65
- And Spaceman candy cigarettes
- 37/65
- And Hubba Bubba
- 38/65
- And getting your teeth stuck in K Bars
- 39/65
- Trying to get all the colours on the 10 Colour Pens down at once.
- 40/65
- The Longest Drink In Town.
- 41/65
- Accidently smacking your brother with a paddle in swingball.
- 42/65
- Being the proud owner of a ballerina jewellery box.
- 43/65
- Spelling out ‘BOOBS’ on your calculator.
- 44/65
- Playing spotlight and cops and robbers with your neighbourhood crew.
- 45/65
- Holding a buttercup under someone’s chin to see if they like butter.
- 46/65
- Having countless pairs of jelly sandals.
- 47/65
- Deciding it’s a good idea to play touch on the lawn then end up getting prickles.
- 48/65
- Getting lathered in Coppertone Suntan Lotion.
- 49/65
- “Tin of cocoa, tin of cocoa, tin of cocoa car door.”
- 50/65
- Saying “night” to The Goodnight Kiwi before bed.
- 51/65
- Rocking socks and jandals with no shits given.
- 52/65
- Getting the life low-down from Harold The Giraffe in the Life Education Trust bus.
- 53/65
- Silly Putty! How we miss you.
- 54/65
- Running through sprinklers and rolling down hills like a human burrito. We all did it.
- 55/65
- Lamingtons and custard squares.
- 56/65
- Passing the time on Paint or playing the Nokia snake game.
- 57/65
- “Ma is white, whero is red…”
- 58/65
- Progressing from Pumpkin Patch to Urban Angel and HBK.
- 59/65
- Oh, and going crazy over the Mary Kate and Ashley clothing line at The Warehouse.
- 60/65
- Speaking of: “The Warehouse, The Warehouse, where everyone gets a bargain.”
- 61/65
- Watching You and Me, Suzy’s World
- 62/65
- 'Cereal Stuff' from 'What Now'
- 63/65
- The monumental arrival of Disney Channel in December 2003 featuring That’s So Raven, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Phil of the Future and Kim Possible.
- 64/65
- Strawberry and apple picking.
- 65/65
- “Fish and chips, fish and chips, make me want to lick my lips…”
As far as countries go, us Kiwis have got a particularly rad one to call home. We can count ourselves lucky as punch for growing up in such a free and beautiful corner of the world. If you spent most of your childhood in New Zealand, there are probably a handful of memories that stick out like a sore thumb.
From standout schoolyard antics to throwback food, here are 50 things New Zealanders remember from their childhood.
[SOURCE: The Urban List]
