New Zealand’s unofficial fruit is the feijoa, not the kiwi | Life & Culture

The unofficial national fruit of New Zealand isn’t native to the country — it’s South American. It isn’t exclusively found in New Zealand. And it’s not, perhaps surprisingly, the kiwi. It’s the feijoa.

Known as the pineapple guava elsewhere, the fruit — a green perfumed oval with a polarizing taste — can be purchased in California or Australia. Yet no country has embraced the feijoa with qui