What products originate from New Zealand?

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Picola

evryone has done a good job at answering this but i must just confirm that unfortunatly kiwifruit does not ORIGINATE from New Zealand (see explanation below)
Like Dutch tulips have their origin in Asia, kiwifruit does not actually originate in New Zealand. Also known as Chinese gooseberries, the fruit comes from China but, when New Zealand farmers wanted to market their crop overseas in the 1960s, China was out of favour in the West. To identify the fruit with New Zealand, it was given the name kiwifruit. It is never called a kiwi. That term is reserved for the bird or to describe a person from New Zealand.
Chocolate fish originate from NZ though!
kumara also

polly

PASCALS PINEAPPLE LUMPS!
no where else in the world has em!
Thank god for NZ

Amy

Kiwi shoe polish is pretty big worldwide.. Alot of lamb & wool products come from NZ too

carina

anything to do with sheep - wool, meat, hides
anything to do with cattle - meat, hides, dairy products
they also have deer - meat, hides, and horn
fish and shelllfish - look up paua (I believe they export a lot of it to Japan)
they make a special yarn that is a mixture of wool from sheep and possum fur called "possumdown" - fantastically warm but light (I had a cardigan knitted out of it, was the best garment I've ever had, unfortunately I wore it so much it got holes in the elbows)
goods made from possum hides - e.g. hats that will keep you warm in sub-zero temperatures
honey
food additives - e.g. tablets made from extract of green lipped mussels which is claimed to be good for arthritis
and don't forget tourism
is sport a "product" ? - they certainly export a lot of rugby and cricket !!
similarly, here in UK, we've got loads of NZ youngsters doing their "overseas experience" - are teachers etc. on their gap years a "product" ?

Driver T

Kiwi shoe polish is Australian
Marmite is English
Cadburys chocolate is English
BUT,
The computer system for showing progress of the America's Cup yacht racing is NZ
Lemon and Paeroa is NZ
A postage stamp vending machine is NZ
Developments in film animation that allows such films as king Kong and LOTR is NZ,
and
Pavlova. The recipe was published in NZ well before it showed up in OZ.
The tranquilising dart gun used to capture animals. (It's been used on humans too.)
The net gun used to ensnare live animals in rugged terrain and fired from a helicopter.

strawberry_chocolat90

Cadbury chocolate ;D

Tainruadh

Firstly Marmite isn't from here originally.

Meat - NZ Beef and Lamb
Kiwifruit was developed in NZ
Wool and wool products
Canterbury of NZ sports clothing
Swandri and Swazi outdoor clothing
NZ wines are pretty hot right now esp whites
Bungy Jumping was developed by AJ Hackett after watching land divers in Vanuatu
The Jet Boat was invented here by CF Hamilton
Lord of the Rings Movies and a lot of other "Hollywood" Movies are made here
Lots of things
too many to list here

Our biggest exports
New Zealandâ€™s share of world merchandise trade is small, just 0.22 percent of world exports and 0.23 percent of imports.8 However, New Zealand is a major exporter of agricultural products. In 2001 they accounted for 52 percent of total merchandise exports, compared with the OECD average of just 6.8 percent.9 Internationally, New Zealand is a major player in the export of dairy and meat products, reflecting its wealth of natural resources and comparative advantage in producing these commodities. In 2003 these two items accounted for 32 percent of total merchandise exports. Other important exports include wood products, machinery, and fish and seafood (Table 5.3).

Table 5.3: Key Exports - 2003
Major exports Value $(billions) % share
Dairy 4.8 17
Meat 4.2 15
Wood 2.1 7
Machinery 1.4 5
Fish/ Seafood 1.1 4

Source Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade NZ

tansixnz

L&P!
Marmite is infact from NZ the only thing british about marmite is the name, Recipe is kiwi owned.

Cadbury is british, Kiwi fruit is from China, Italy produce more kiwi fruit then any other country.

Alot of clothing which people have said, Wine, Meat, Dairy etc.

Most important, Aluminium!

Malakai's Mummy :)

PINEAPPLE LUMPS!!! and the fruit feijoa!!

mareeclara

Frozen lamb ( for shipping to the other side of the world)
( commercial) Bungey jumping
Ice breaker ( clothing)

I know some people who were kiwis and invented things, but not sure if they originated from here per se!
eg
Disposible syringes eg for tranquilizers etc
Hamilton Jet ( for going in very shallow water)
hmmm well the splitting of atom was done by a kiwi ( Rutherford)
The safety latch on a safety pin
hmmm whats that motorbike....the Britton motorbike..prototype only really as John Britton died young.

Other thing sound kiwi but are not from here:
eg Kiwifruit ( from China!)

some things I am not sure but might be:
Merino sheep ( wool)
Braeburn apples

shavenbox

Timber, we export **** loads of logs every day.
We also export Urea(Fertilizer) which is produced at Kapuni(Taranaki)

rosemary H

New Zealand is know for wool.

clyde s

marmite (if urve ever heard of it)

Anna.

Marmite is so ours.
The British marmite tastes like sh it in comparrason to ours.

Bungy jumping
Yeeeep we're cool.

Swazi and Swandri
Darn good =]

Pavalova
Why is there kiwifruit on it?
-Cause its ours.

Kiwifruit
Why would they be called KIWIFRUIT if they are chinese.

Meat
Nz lamb and beef = bloody delicious

L and P
World famous in Nz since ages ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7rHZpwuWds&feature=related

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