In the news
The world noticed our windows.
Coverage from 2020. Some of these links are old and may no longer load.
Aotearoa
- RNZTeddy bears in windows to cheer up kids
- StuffPrime Minister endorses the hunt
- 1NewsBear hunt commemorated with stamps
- NZ HeraldLifestyle feature
- Otago Daily TimesTeddy bear hunt in city streets
- Seven SharpComedy segment
- Gisborne HeraldTeddies in windows waiting to be spotted
- SunLiveBear hunt supporting kids
- ScoopNZ Bear Hunt Big Drive
- Living Streets AotearoaGolden Foot Walking Award
- StuffKim Baker Wilson's bear hunt clips
- Horowhenua ChronicleNZ Herald regional
- Bay of Plenty TimesNZ Herald regional
- ODT StarTime to hibernate
- The StarWe're not scared
- MoreFMKiwis are placing teddy bears in their windows
- ScoopLiving Streets walking awards
- EdspaceTeachers' discussion
International
- BBC NewsWorld
- Associated PressTeddies make lockdown bear-able
- USA TodayTeddy bear hunts for kids
- Al JazeeraTeddy bear hunt goes viral
- ABC NewsUS wire story
- CTV NewsCanada
- Kyodo NewsJapan
- Taipei TimesTaiwan
- AFARTravel magazine
- Yahoo NewsAustralia
- Town and Country TodayCanada
- 660 City NewsCalgary
- WTNHConnecticut
- Kota RadioSouth Dakota
- The ReactionGood vibes, New Zealand
Recognition
What the hunt was given.
2020NZ Post stamp collection"Share Your Bears", a set of stamps made from hunters' own photos, with $3 from every sheet going to NZ Red Cross.
2020Golden Foot Walking AwardLiving Streets Aotearoa, for getting the country out walking during lockdown.
2020Stuff Top 20 PeopleDeb Hoffman named in Stuff's people of the year for starting the movement.
Partnership
Share Your Bears
Hunters sent in their window photos and the chosen ones became a commemorative stamp collection with NZ Post and New Zealand Stamps and Coins. As the competition page put it at the time, we had gone down in history. Every sheet sold sent $3 to New Zealand Red Cross.