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Thank You and Goodbye + Hoopla Kids' Next Chapter

Thank You and Goodbye + Hoopla Kids' Next Chapter

April 01, 2025

After more than a decade of bringing you quality ethically made clothing, it is time for me to hand over the business to a new owner.

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Free Socks with Shoes

Free Socks with Shoes

November 22, 2024

Shop ethically, sustainably, and stress less.

Over the next few weeks, we're featuring sustainable gift and stocking stuffer ideas that won't end up in the landfill by New Year's.

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New Paperkrane Shoes Have Landed

New Paperkrane Shoes Have Landed

November 22, 2024

Our new range includes matching grown-up and kid styles, a new hi-top colour-way, rainbow soles, and a top up of the popular White Lows sneaker, all featuring PK's new wider, more grippy soles.

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Hoopla Kids 10th Birthday

Hoopla Kids 10th Birthday

May 17, 2023

It's our 10th birthday! And we're both celebrating (scroll down for our giveaway) and taking a trip down memory lane.

At the centre of our journey has been you - our lovely customers, so thank you for coming along for the ride!

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DUNS Radish top and socks laid out on a wooden table, with a measuring tape extended below to indicate product dimensions

Finding the Right Size at Hoopla Kids

February 09, 2023

Here are some handy tips to help you get the best fit, first time at Hoopla Kids. We explain our sizing system and how to use it for buying clothes, shoes and socks.

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Young person sits on a skatepark rail, the camera focuses on her white PaperKrane rainbow sneakers

Why Barefoot Shoes, and How to Get Used to Them

November 09, 2022

Behind the scenes at Hoopla we've been experimenting for a long time with different barefoot shoe brands on our own feet.

You might've seen the term before, but what does it mean for shoes to be considered 'barefoot' or 'minimal'?

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Hoopla Kids riding their wheels down a Rongotai street one grey afternoon, wearing bright coloured clothes from the Hoopla Kids Stockroom

Spring fun at Hoopla Kids

October 21, 2022

Before the school holidays we had a fun time with our friend, and fabulous photographer, Ashleigh Lake taking snaps of the latest arrivals at Hoopla Kids.

Here's a few of our favourite shots, taken around Rongotai.

© Ashleigh Lake Photography, Hoopla Kids Ltd

Lots of kids piled into a cargo bike, wearing Paper Krane footwear and bright clothes from Hoopla Kids
Hoopla Kid 2 climbing a door, while wearing bright coloured clothes from the Hoopla Kids Stockroom, featuring Smafolk, Loud + Proud and shoes from Paper Krane.

Behind the scenes - Kirsten pulling out sample clothes in the Hoopla Kids Stockroom

Hoopla Kids standing on a picnic seat, waving coloured streamers beside the Wellington airport runway

Hoopla Kids drawing on the concrete footpath outside the Stockroom, wearing colourful clothes from Moromini
Hoopla Kids sitting against a wall in the late afternoon, wearing Paper Krane shoes showing the range of coloured soles

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DUNS Sweden Autumn Garden print 2022

Spring Arrivals at Hoopla Kids HQ

August 31, 2022

As spring arrives, and brings the sun to dry everything out (yay!) we've also had two new deliveries of clothes from DUNS Sweden and Moromini.

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PaperKrane flexible shoes leave your feet free to flex

PaperKrane Shoes - the true test!

August 23, 2022

In June this year we received our first delivery of the bold, bright barefoot shoes from a fantastic Australian company, PaperKrane. We've tested them out, and here's how it went!

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Four kids swing on a tire over a grassy backyard, dressed in colourful clothes from Hoopla Kids, and in bare feet. The late afternoon sunlight is dappled by trees..

Colourful Clothing for All

August 16, 2022

In 2012 when I started Hoopla Kids, I made an easy decision to focus on offering fantastic clothing for all kids. You won't find gendered kids' categories here, and it's always intentionally been that way.

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Our New Stockroom!

Our New Stockroom!

July 07, 2022

Over the last few weeks we moved our stockroom out of the shipping container on our front lawn, into a big office space in Rongotai, Wellington, with room for even more stock!

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Feijoa Fruit Leather

Feijoa Fruit Leather

May 26, 2022

Autumn in Wellington means Feijoa Season! We like eating feijoa fruit leather, and this time we made a lot.

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