Gumboots in various sizes and colours are worn by the young and old for work and leisure. The boots are a Kiwi icon, having become part of our popular culture.
Day on the Farm...
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Infamous gumboots:
Taihape gumboot
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Town and Around: Turkeys In Gumboots
NZ On Screen
Decorated gumboots adorning trees & fences:
Blue Mountains road; tree grows gumboots
Upper Hutt City Library
Down on the farm:
Tony Blunt
South Canterbury Museum
Woolshed wear
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Gumboot throwing competitions:
NZ gumboot thrower to compete at World Champs
Radio New Zealand
CIT Social Club Gumboot Throwing Champion Plaque
Upper Hutt City Library
Meghan beats Harry in classic NZ gumboot-throwing comp
Radio New Zealand
Gumboot music and dancing:
You can hear "The gumboot song" at http://folksong.org.nz/gumboot/
Fred Dagg's gumboots
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Gumboots love water:
Three children dressed in wet weather clothes
Alexander Turnbull Library
Choice of colour and design!
Gumboots
Waitaki District Council
Featured on video:
Taihape, gumboot capital - Roadside Stories
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
A Kiwi Legend
NZ On Screen
Captured in cartoons:
"Your father can't remember where he last left his gumboots." 15 April, 2008
Alexander Turnbull Library
Fieldays. "What brings you to Hamilton at this time of year?" 14 June, 2007
Alexander Turnbull Library
Hunting for NZ's oldest pair:
Country Life team is on the hunt for NZ's oldest pair of gumboots in 2016
Gumboots - Finding New Zealand's Oldest Pair
Radio New Zealand
Marathon gumboots (c.1943) that are now part of the Te Papa collection
Marathon gumboots
New Zealand Fashion Museum
GUMBOOTS (Evening Post, 17 March 1944)
National Library of New Zealand