OpinionOpinion byJenni MortimerChief Lifestyle & Entertainment Reporter·NZ Herald·14 Aug, 2026 04:00 AM5 mins to readJenni Mortimer, Chief Lifestyle & Entertainment Reporter for the New Zealand Herald, is passionate about telling stories and providing a place to escape for kiwis in amongst the hard news.With 40 Ooshies to collect, I calculated I’d need to spend a minimum of $1200 to succeed, writes Jenni Mortimer.This week, some New Zealand schools vowed to ban Ooshies, the latest Woolworths Disney collectables. Headlines across the nation read that the toys were causing “fights, theft and disruption”. The nation collectively agreed that no 6-year-old should be eye-gouged for an Elsa-shaped wad of rubber.
“But what about
