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Feijoas have become a New Zealand emblem. So how did they end up in Aotearoa, and how did we end up adoring them—to the point of obsession, for some—when feijoas have not really caught on anywhere else?
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The people's fruit"It's April again. Every few days, I take my daughters on a treasure hunt. In the centre of Raglan there’s an enormous feijoa tree. A bounty of ripe feijoas, like green Easter eggs, carpet the ground beneath. My four-year-old climbs high into the branches and sends more raining down. The little one proudly throws fruit after fruit into the shopping bag. When we get home, we eat them by the dozen, and the kids always want more. At night, when I cuddle them to sleep, I can still smell the sticky-sweet scent on their skin..." |
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Change is ahead for our streetscapesNew Zealanders are on track to buy more new bicycles than new cars in 2022—yet bicycle infrastructure languishes, and the deaths of two people killed while bicycling in the past two months in Auckland has strengthened calls for safer streets. |
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Keeping faithParticipation in religion may be dwindling overall, but the practice of faith remains a highly visible and active component of New Zealand society. Keep reading... |
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