The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email.. I had just moved to New Zealand, at age 12, when a new friend suggested that we slip out to the ...

"In New Zealand, from an early age, children are encouraged to walk barefoot in parks, at the beach, in yards as well as indoors," said Julie Llorca, mother of a 5-year-old and vice principal at ...

We gathered information on the footwear habits of 714 boys attending a secondary school in a wealthy part of Auckland, New Zealand. Almost half of the students (45 per cent) spent most of their ...

In New Zealand and Australia, going barefoot is a common sight. New Zealanders and Australians have a surprising habit of going barefoot in everyday situations. From quick errands to playgrounds ...