Bears in Boxes

Small brown teddy bear inside a blue letter box in bush setting

Penguin soft toy and sylvanian family bear on a red letter box

Purple care bear inside wooden letterbox

Brown teddy bear sitting on the roof of a car in front of garage

Pink and blue bear sitting on a wooden letterbox

Angry looking pink bear sitting on a letterbox

Winnie the Pooh and a bull dog soft toy sitting on letter boxes

Rainbow coloured teddy bear sitting on a letter box with coloured fishing crates in the background

Little stuffed teddy Bear in glasses on a letterbox

Sad looking floppy pink rabbit sitting on yellow rural letterbox

Stuffed panda bear teddy sitting on a letterbox post in garden

During the first Auckland lockdown during the 2020 pandemic, New Zealander’s put teddy bears in their windows for people to see on their walks. Living in the Waitakere Ranges our houses are usually set back off the road with a bushy outlook so you can’t see the windows of most homes. The Waiatarua and Oratia communities put teddy bears in their letterboxes. The toys took on personalities of their own.