`  ==New Zealand== I think this is a case of Wikipedia promoting a dispute where there isn't one. A Google Books search of ``ugg boots`` ``new zealand`` returns the Northwestern journal of international law & business article cited by Wikipedia (``Their [ugg boots] origin is much disputed, but it is suggested that they originated in rural Australia in the 1920s.``), and a handful of others which are clearly derived from the Wikipedia article. ``ugg boots`` australia has over 4,000 more results with detailed histories on the Australian origins of the ugg boot. -   `