Because we used to get TV programmes and Text books from the US, my friend thought that by driving north of the North Island of NZ you would end up in America.
A childhood belief about places

others believed things like this
- I used to believe all of North America was Canada and South America was USA..— Daria
- I used to believe that tornados only happened in North America.Anon
- i used to believe that if you were driving forwards you were going north. — Pixie
- I thought Santa was the President of the North Pole. It was stupid I know
lol— Lynn Wright - when I was young, I thought Denmark was a state, just like Deleware and North Dakota.— valerie
- The front of the car was always NORTH.Anon