Why do New Zealanders walk around with bare feet?

Question

Why do New Zealanders walk around with bare feet?

Answer 1

The real question is - why not?

It is very healthy to go barefoot.

Going barefoot strengthens the muscles in the feet and legs.

Some footwear can be harmful to overall foot health.

There are no health codes or other             regulations that prohibit barefoot customers from being in business establishments,       including restaurants.

It is legal to drive barefoot and safer than some footwear.

The spirit of barefooting is, or at least once was, alive and well in all of us. Do you remember how good it felt to go barefoot when you were a child? Even now, as adults, do we still have that spirit? When we can’t wait to get home and relax after a hard day, does this mean kicking off our shoes in order to do so? Or, if we are planning a holiday or vacation, do we factor in the   proximity of sandy beaches, grassy fields, or a natural trail well-suited for bare feet? Can any of us truly    imagine being fully comfortable while wearing shoes? Yet how often do we choose the barefoot spirit? How often can we? The truth is we all have the freedom to go barefoot whenever and wherever we want. Most of us, however, just don’t realize it. If we knew it was OK to     forget about shoes when it was time for walking the dog,  getting the mail, or even while out shopping, how many of us would choose to go barefoot? Why render our feet deaf and blind if we don’t need to? Imagine having to wear gloves or ear plugs every time you left the house. Think of all the wonderful sensory input you would miss. Now imagine expanding avenues of sensory input. Imagine being able to feel the wide variety of interesting textures and pleasant surfaces beneath your own two feet as you go about your daily business. You can.

“Going barefoot is the gentlest way of walking and can symbolize a way of living-being authentic, vulnerable, sensitive to our surroundings. It’s the feeling of enjoying warm sand beneath out toes, or carefully making our way over sharp rocks in the darkness. It’s a way of living that has the lightest impact, removing the barrier between us and nature.”

From the book “Barefoot Dreaming”    by  Adele Coombs

Answer 2

Is there a reason why its wrong???

I truely don't understand why people keep asking the question, its nice and comfortable to go around barefoot.

I admit I have tender feet, but when I was a kid my feet could take our gravel driveway with ease!! No more as I wear shoes mroe often but flick them off at the first oppourtunity.

Its GREAT!

Answer 3

hi because it is comfortable

the other day i walked around barefoot cause my shoes were rubbing my heel.

Answer 4

I wasn't aware that we did.

But perhaps if this is true, it is because there is no risk of being bitten by some poisonous insect or spider as can happen in other countries

Answer 5

Because we are tough.

Because we have better things to spend $100's on.

Because the climate is such that we can, plus is more comfortable.

Because we have lovely feet to go with our lovely country and like to show them off.

Because some of us have a foot fetish (not me).

Because our jandels broke which has left us with nothing else to wear.