The historic Huia* features on these socks which are part of our Kiwiana inspired pictorial socks range with imagery of iconic New Zealand native flora and fauna. These make great gifts for family and friends here and overseas, because they are lightweight and low cost to post! Send us a message or choose a different delivery address to have these shipped almost anywhere in the world!

Features of Huia Sock

• 60% Merino Wool, 37% Nylon, 3% Elastane
• One size fits most
• Proudly made in Norsewood

Size Guide - NZ/UK 5-10 mens = US 6-11 = Euro 38-43 = 24.5-27.3 cms = 9.6-10.75 inches To work out a women's fit, add two to two-and-a-half sizes. EG: Men's size 5 is approximately women's size 7

*The Huia belongs to a family found only in New Zealand, a family so ancient that no relation is found elsewhere. Only the Moa and the Kiwi are likely to be more ancient. Before the arrival of Europeans it was already a rare bird, confined to the Ruahine, Tararua, Rimutaka and Kaimanawa mountain ranges in the south east of the North Island.

The Huia was a bird of deep metallic, bluish-black plumage with a greenish iridescence on the upper surface, especially about the head, not unlike the Tui. The tail feathers were unique among endemic birds in having a broad white band across tips.

At the base of the bill, on either side of the mouth hung the fleshy wattles characteristic of the family Callaeidae which were bright orange in the Huia. In both sexes the bill colour was ivory white and the legs were bluish grey. In size the Huia were slightly larger than the introduced Australian magpie.

But the most remarkable feature of the species was the marked difference in size and shape of the bill and this difference was so extreme to cause early ornithologists, such as the renowned John Gould, to think that the male and female belonged to different species.

The male's bill was stout and about 6cm long and curved slightly downward while the female's was slender, about 8.5 ...