New Zealand released a series of Garbage Pail Kids under the alternate THE GARBAGE GANG banner. These sets shared similarities with the US releases, with a few small changes


New Zeleand released their own version of Garbage Pail Kids under The Garbage Gang banner.

Produced by Regina Co, the New Zealand releases are 'small' in size - similar to the UK Series 1 release - measuring 2.1" x 3".

Regina offered a series of card collectors albums via a mail-in offer on their Series 2 wrappers. There were 3 albums to collect

The GPK releases from Australia are extremely similar to New Zealand, but one easy way to tell the difference is the banners: AUS cards have the straight banner, and NZ cards feature the arched banner


Below you will find information on the Garbage Pail Kids releases from New Zealand, including pictures of stickers, wrappers, and more.


NEW ZEALAND STICKER GALLERIES

Below are sticker galleries for the New Zealand Garbage Pail Kids releases. Additional sets will be added when available. (Special thanks to collector S. Wilson for providing the card scans for these galleries!)

SERIES 1


SERIES 2

COMING SOON!

NEW ZEALAND WRAPPER EXAMPLES

Below is an example of a Series 1 wrapper from the New Zealand Garbage Pail Kids release. Additional wrappers will be added soon!

Series 1 (front)
Series 1 (back)

NEW ZEALAND ALBUM EXAMPLES

Below is an example of a Series 1 album from the New Zealand Garbage Pail Kids release. These albums were obtained by following the mail-in instructions on the Series 2 wrappers. Additional albums will be added soon!


Mail In Offer

Series 1 Album

NEW ZEALAND BOX EXAMPLES

Below is an example of a Series 1 box from the New Zealand Garbage Pail Kids release. Additional boxes will be added soon!



NEW ZEALAND TIMELINE

To date New Zealand has released four series. Below is a glimpse at not only when each series was released, but also how many stickers were included as part of that release. (This timeline is a work-in-progress - updates coming soon)

1989

The Garbage Gang Series 1

1991

The Garbage Gang Series 2