Is walking around barefoot an integral part of Kiwi culture?

The question was raised after a woman was kicked out of an Auckland mall because she didn't have shoes on. The woman said walking around with bare feet is part of her Kiwi culture. 

Well turns out she's not the only one. Jordan Watson, who is more commonly know as How to Dad on social media, agrees.

He told Mike Hosking it's very normal to pop to the shops without shoes in rural New Zealand.

"Bare feet is traditional, iconic New Zealand. Us Kiwis, we get out and run down the street to the supermarket or the dairy and pick things up in our bare feet."

"I think that's a common thing throughout New Zealand, maybe not the city slickers but I think it would be more common in the rural areas."

However, he said there are still rules for those choosing to forgo shoes.

"There is etiquette to bare feet wearing you have to walk politely and not do anything crazy with them."

"In summer I think you can stroll into anywhere in bare feet [but] food places are a bit dodgy, that's kind of frowned upon, people are trying to eat - it's a hygiene thing."

In a strange turn off events, Watson visited the same mall the woman was kicked out of only a week before her...and he had bare feet.

"Just last week I was in there. I walked all the way to the Warehouse and back with no shoes on and nobody kicked me out."

However, Watson said just because he is in support of bare feet doesn't mean he supports wearing pyjamas in public. 

"I'm a big bare feet person but that pyjamas at supermarkets I don't agree with that, I think you're out of bed you need to get changed."