<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I love having New Zealand delicacies like custard squares when I visit my homeland.Katie Joll</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I was born in New Zealand and love eating the country's <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/american-food-section-in-new-zealand-grocery-store-photos-2022-12">classic foods</a> each time I visit my family.</li><li>I grew up eating custard squares and marmite on toast, which can be difficult to find in the US.</li></ul><p>I was born in New Zealand but have <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-its-like-immigrating-to-us-for-love-from-new-zealand-2022">lived in the US</a> for the last 12 years. I miss a lot of the dishes native to my home country, so I love to eat those hard-to-get foods each time I return to New Zealand to visit family.</p><p>With <a target="_blank" class href="https://tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/tourist-arrivals">thousands of people</a> visiting the country each year, I always like to give tourists recommendations on the best things to eat while in my homeland. After all, it can be hard to figure out which foods are worth trying, and what dishes are truly unique to the country.</p><p>Here are eight foods I think anyone visiting <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/new-zealand-best-ways-to-save-money-travel-tips-2023-12">New Zealand</a> has to try at least once.</p>