- Back To Kiwi Humour Home Murray Ball The man behind Footrot Flats For many years now New Zealanders have been greeted in the morning papers with the Footrot Flats antics. Many would say it is now fully entrenched in our culture so it understandable that most Kiwi's would at least know some of the characters involved. Also given that fact that we have also been exposed to a Movie and popular song ...www.inet.net.nz/~waipara.sleepers/murray_ball.htm