Kiwiana word search
A Buzzy Bee, a pāua shell ashtray, Footrot Flats and the Goodnight Kiwi closing down the telly. Twenty pieces of Kiwiana for anyone who grew up with a party line.
- Bach
- Barry Crump
- Black singlet
- Buzzy Bee
- Dairy
- Footrot Flats
- Fred Dagg
- Goodnight Kiwi
- Gumboots
- Hokey pokey
- Jandals
- Milk bar
- Party line
- Pāua shell
- Pavlova
- Pie cart
- Swanndri
- Taihape
- Togs
- Weet-Bix
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| B | U | Z | Z | Y | B | E | E | L | N | F | G | A | H |
| G | L | T | A | I | H | A | P | E | C | S | N | A | O |
| D | B | A | R | R | Y | C | R | U | M | P | T | T | N |
| A | B | A | C | H | O | G | U | M | B | O | O | T | S |
| I | M | I | L | K | B | A | R | P | P | F | G | T | R |
| R | P | A | U | A | S | H | E | L | L | I | S | R | P |
| Y | G | O | O | D | N | I | G | H | T | K | I | W | I |
| P | N | O | H | S | W | A | N | N | D | R | I | S | E |
| A | E | F | R | E | D | D | A | G | G | E | T | I | C |
| V | D | R | R | J | A | N | D | A | L | S | S | R | A |
| L | H | H | O | K | E | Y | P | O | K | E | Y | U | R |
| O | F | O | O | T | R | O | T | F | L | A | T | S | T |
| V | K | A | A | R | P | A | R | T | Y | L | I | N | E |
| A | W | E | E | T | B | I | X | O | I | O | H | E | S |
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- Bach
- Barry Crump
- Black singlet
- Buzzy Bee
- Dairy
- Footrot Flats
- Fred Dagg
- Goodnight Kiwi
- Gumboots
- Hokey pokey
- Jandals
- Milk bar
- Party line
- Pāua shell
- Pavlova
- Pie cart
- Swanndri
- Taihape
- Togs
- Weet-Bix
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About this word search
Kiwiana is the stuff that feels like home. The Buzzy Bee has clicked across Kiwi floors since the baby boom after the war, Murray Ball's Footrot Flats followed Wal and the Dog on the farm, and the Goodnight Kiwi used to put television to bed at the end of the night. Taihape calls itself the gumboot capital, Barry Crump wrote about life in the bush, and on a party line the whole valley could listen in on your phone call.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Goodnight Kiwi is the longest at thirteen letters, then Footrot Flats and Black singlet with twelve. Bach and Togs are the shortest at four. Jandals, Pavlova, Taihape, Weet-Bix, Pie cart and Milk bar have seven, and Weet-Bix loses its hyphen to become WEETBIX, the only X on the board. Buzzy Bee gives you a double Z, and Pāua shell drops its macron to become PAUASHELL. The double N in Swanndri is another good clue.
Perfect for grandparents and grandkids together. For every word found, the older one tells a story about it, and the younger one decides whether it sounds believable.
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