Buzzy Bee Reusable Face Mask

Buzzy Bee Reusable Face Mask

This triple-layer design, Buzzy Bee Reusable Kiwiana Face Mask comfortably covers your mouth and nose and features the iconic Kiwi Buzzy Bee, buzzing around amongst the clouds. You can check out our whole Kiwiana Reusable mask selection by clicking here.

Hand made in Nelson, New Zealand this 100% cotton face mask has elastics ear strings.

Owning a washable face mask, means you are doing your bit for the environment by reducing the volume of single-use masks ending up in landfills.  Treat it like another item of clothing, which you wash at the end and have ready for the next time you need to use it.

Features:

• • Washable
  • Reusable
  • Material: 100% Cotton
  • Triple-layer

Item Specifics:

• Size: One Size (For Adults)
• Hand made in Nelson, New Zealand.

The history of the Buzzy Bee

The Buzzy Bee™ is New Zealand’s most famous children’s toy.
This brightly coloured, wooden pull-along toy has been handed down from generations and is regarded as a major New Zealand icon. There would be few New Zealanders that don’t remember playing with one in their youth.

The exact origins of Buzzy Bee remain  unclear and several versions of its history exist. The best research suggests the origination of the toy in the late 1930’s in a small workshop in Newton, Auckland.

The postwar baby boom and import restrictions saw yearly sales of Buzzy Bee™ increase rapidly. Following a fire at the New Lynn factory in the late 1970’s the Buzzy Bee™ operation was sold into a number of different hands before the trade mark and device was sold to Lion Rock Ventures Limited, its current owner in 2004.

Such is New Zealand’s love affair with Buzzy Bee™ that it has appeared as the subject of paintings, sculptures, television advertisements, postal stamps (twice), magazine covers, school murals and parades. Buzzy Bee™ is now often presented by New Zealand dignitaries to VIP’s with children who are visiting New Zealand.

Source: Buzzy Bee and Friends