Walk shorts

Walk shorts have recently attained status as New Zealand "kiwiana". Walk shorts were polyester dress shorts popular amongst New Zealand's male public servants from the 1970s, and almost became an unofficial public service uniform teamed with knee socks, sandals, and a woollen cardigan. Walk shorts are a symbol of a particularly bureaucratic era of New Zealand's public service and a paternalistic government led by Robert David ("Rob") Muldoon.

Walk shorts cannot be accurately described without appropriate photographic aids and a contemporary account. However, a recent "retro" advertising campaign for Lemon & Paeroa uses the status of the walk short (in the form of "stubbies") to appeal to a new generation of New Zealand consumers.