BEST FOOT FORWARD

hen you think of a New Zealand brand, you generally think of a company that’s based locally or has product manufactured here. In the case of Allbirds, however, there are really only two main links to the Land of the Long White Cloud: co-founder Tim Brown is a Kiwi, and the wool used to create the brand’s footwear is sourced from merino sheep that graze in the South Island. Nevertheless, we Kiwis have claimed Allbirds – and you can’t blame us, really. After all, it’s