PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: A baseball style cap in red depicting the native Kiwi bird.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: cotton
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: One size fits most Buckle and strap adjustment.
PLACE REPRESENTED: Mt Maunganui, Tauranga , New Zealand
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, located on a peninsula just to the north of Tauranga, at the top of the North Island of New Zealand. The Mount was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988. Phil Rudd, the former drummer for AC/DC lives in Tauranga …but only since the 80s.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: Steel
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm x 13.5xm .
PLACE REPRESENTED: Pataua , New Zealand
ITEM: Wall Ornament
NOTES: A simple wall ornament (in pokerwork / pyrography) from Pataua, in the north of New Zealand, a popular area for sea gulls and surfing. Wherever you find seagulls you find surfers it seems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pataua_North
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: New Zealand probably
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm x 12.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Cap
NOTES: New Zealand in black and with the silver fern.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 2000s
MADE FROM: ?cotton?
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: adult Adjustable size.
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: A Maori Tiki for a key ring.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: New Zealand
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 5cm tall x 2.5cm wide
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Key Chain
NOTES: New Zealand
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1980s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: China
MANUFACTURER: Union
DIMENSIONS: 4.5cm x 3.5cm at its widest
PLACE REPRESENTED: Akaroa , New Zealand
ITEM: Decorative Plate
NOTES: Akaroa is a village (and harbour) on Banks Peninsula on the South Island of New Zealand. Village or town? The population is about 600 people … but they still have a souvenir plate.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: Victoria
DIMENSIONS: 12.5cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Vase
NOTES: A vase with the cute Kiwi bird depicted.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: glass
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 18cm high x 5.5cm diameter base x 3cm diameter opening at the top.
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Wood and leather salt & pepper shakers.
NOTES: Salt & Pepper shakers made of wood with a center bound in what appears to be leather, etched with Polynesian symbols and Kiwi birds.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: wood , leather (I think).
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm high , 4.2cm diameter around base.
PLACE REPRESENTED: New Zealand
ITEM: Wall ornament
NOTES: Maori Chief on wood. He looks mean.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): unkown
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: I would be surprised if it wasn’t made in New Zealand, but who knows.
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 12cm across , 18.5cm from top to bottom