Kōrero: Dutch

Ki mua

Wooden clog

Whai muri

Clogs were traditionally used by the Dutch as overshoes for working outside. This clog was one of a pair that Adriana Pieters may have brought with her to wear on her husband’s farm in New Zealand.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Swarbrick family

by Nancy Swarbrick

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Redmer Yska, Dutch – First arrivals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1951/wooden-clog (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Redmer Yska, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.

Comments

Linda Vermey
10 January 2024

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that in the Netherlands “klompen” or clogs are not used as “overshoes” as it states here! Clogs are actually warn as normal shoes with traditionally very thick socks made from goats wool.