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Kiwi (bird) Kiwi ( ) are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the order Apterygiformes. The five extant species fall into the family Apterygidae () and genus ''Apteryx'' (). Approximately the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smalles ...
, a flightless bird native to New Zealand *
Kiwi (nickname) "Kiwi" ( ) is a common self-reference used by New Zealanders, though it is also used internationally. Unlike many demographic labels, its usage is not considered offensive; rather, it is generally viewed as a symbol of pride and affection for mo ...
, a nickname for New Zealanders *
Kiwifruit Kiwifruit (often shortened to kiwi in North American, British and continental European English) or Chinese gooseberry is the edible berry of several species of woody vines in the genus ''Actinidia''. The most common cultivar group of kiwif ...
, an edible berry * Kiwi dollar or New Zealand dollar, a unit of currency Kiwi or KIWI may also refer to:


Music

* Kiwi (band), a girl group from Mongolia * "Kiwi" (song), a 2017 song by Harry Styles * "Kiwi", a 2007 song by Maroon 5 from '' It Won't Be Soon Before Long''


Radio

* KIWI, a radio station in California, U.S. *
Kiwi FM Kiwi FM (formerly Channel Z) was a New Zealand alternative music radio network. From 1996 to 2005, as Channel Z, it broadcast alternative and local music for a youth-oriented market. From 2005 to 2015, as Kiwi FM, it broadcast predominantly New ...
, a New Zealand radio network


Ships

* HMNZS ''Kiwi'' (T102), a minesweeper commissioned in 1941 * HMNZS ''Kiwi'' (P3554), a patrol boat commissioned in 1983


Sports

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Kiwi (horse) Kiwi (1 August 1977 – 2 February 1995) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who won both the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and the Melbourne Cup in Australia in 1983. Kiwi is especially renowned for his last-to-first victory in the Melbou ...
(1977–1995), a thoroughbred racehorse * Kiwis (rugby league), the New Zealand national rugby league team *
Kiwi FC Kiwi FC is a Samoan football club based in Apia. It currently plays in the Samoa National League. The team has won the most titles of any Samoan football team (9 in total) - 7 leagues and 2 cups. Honours *Samoa National League: 7 ::1984, 1985, ...
or Vailima Kiwi FC, a Samoan football club * Kiwi Soccers, an American Samoan football club


Travel

* Kiwi.com, a Czech online travel agency *
Kiwi International Air Lines Kiwi International Air Lines was a Part 121 American airline that operated from September 21, 1992 to March 24, 1999. It had its headquarters in the Hemisphere Center in Newark, New Jersey adjacent to Newark Liberty International Airport. Ki ...
, an American airline 1992–1999 *
Kiwi Regional Airlines Kiwi Regional Airlines was an airline based in Hamilton, New Zealand which operated domestic flights within New Zealand between October 2015 and July 2016. It was founded in 2014 by local businessman Ewan Wilson, who previously served as the C ...
, a New Zealand airline 2015–2016 *
Kiwi Travel International Airlines Kiwi Travel International Airlines was a New Zealand based airline which pioneered discount flights between secondary airports in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-1990s. The airline was established by Ewan Wilson and several associates. ...
, a 1990s New Zealand airline *
Wiscasset Airport Wiscasset Airport is a public-use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Wiscasset, a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. This general aviation airport is publicly owned by Town of Wiscas ...
's ICAO code KIWI


Technology

* Kiwi IRC, a popular
IRC Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called '' channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat an ...
software client *
.kiwi .kiwi is an Internet generic top-level domain with emphasis on New Zealand. It employs the colloquial term ''kiwi'', used to refer to New Zealanders. It is the first, and presently only, New Zealand-specific top level domain name approved by ...
, an Internet top-level domain *
KIWI (openSUSE) KIWI is an application for making a wide variety of image sets for Linux supported hardware platforms as well as virtualization systems including QEMU, Xen and VMware. It is developed by the openSUSE Project and used to create openSUSE Linux di ...
, image software * KIWI, a testbed prototype of the nuclear thermal rocket *
Kiwi Farms Kiwi Farms, formerly known as CWCki Forums ( ), is an Internet forum that facilitates the discussion and harassment of online figures and communities. Their targets are often subject to organized group trolling and stalking, as well as doxx ...
, an Internet forum


Other uses

* ''
Kiwi! ''Kiwi!'' is a 2006 computer-generated animation created by Dony Permedi, a student in the New York City School of Visual Arts, as his Master's Thesis Animation, with music composed and performed by Tim Cassell. The animation's story of a kiwi t ...
'', a 2006 short animated film *
Kiwi (business) Kiwi Campus, commonly referred to as Kiwi, is a Colombian-owned startup company providing food deliveries in California, United States, using largely autonomous robots called Kiwibots. Started in 2017 at the University of California, Berkeley, ...
or Kiwi Campus, a food delivery service using robots *
Kiwi (shoe polish) Kiwi is a shoe polish brand, now owned by S. C. Johnson. Originally made by an Australian company, which first marketed the product there in 1906, , it was sold in about 180 countries. Kiwi is the dominant shoe polish in some countries, i ...
, an Australian brand name *
Kiwi (store) Kiwi is a Scandinavian supermarket chain that has 690 retail outlets in Norway. Kiwi has about 14,000 employees. In addition to premium brands it also carries the private label First Price. In Denmark, Kiwi was a joint venture between NorgesG ...
, a Scandinavian supermarket chain *
Kiwi River The Kiwi River is a river of New Zealand's South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordere ...
, a river in New Zealand's South Island * Kiwi, a fictional character in ''
Code Lyoko ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil ...
'' * Kiwi, a fictional character in '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' * Kiwi, a fictional character in ''
Chowder Chowder is a thick soup prepared with milk or cream, a roux, and seafood or vegetables. Oyster crackers or saltines may accompany chowders as a side item, and cracker pieces may be dropped atop the dish. New England clam chowder is typically ...
''


People with the given name

* Kiwi Camara (born 1984), Filipino American attorney *
Kiwi Gardner Keyondrei Samuel "Kiwi" Gardner (born April 7, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the NBL1 East. He became an Internet sensation via YouTube in 2011. Gardner played one season of college basketball for ...
(born 1993), American basketball player *
Kiwi Kingston Ernie "Kiwi" Kingston (1914-1992) was a 6' 5" wrestler and film actor from New Zealand, relatively unknown, but still remembered for his role as the Karloff-like Frankenstein's monster in Hammer's ''The Evil of Frankenstein'' (1964). He also a ...
(fl. 1964/65), New Zealand wrestler and film actor *
Kiwi Searancke Kiwi Searancke (born c. 1952 in New Zealand) is a former rugby union player, and former head coach of Glasgow Rugby, now known as the Glasgow Warriors. He took over the club from Richie Dixon on 27 June 2002 when Dixon was appointed the SRU's He ...
(born c. 1952), New Zealand rugby player


See also

* Bulford Kiwi, a chalk hill carving in Wiltshire, England * HMNZS ''Kiwi'', a list of ships * Kiwikiwi (''Blechnum fluviatile''), a fern species *
Kivi (disambiguation) Kivi may refer to: *Kivi (surname) *Kivi, Iran, a city in Ardabil Province, Iran *Kivi, Khalkhal, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran *KIVI-TV, a TV station in Boise-Nampa, Idaho *Kivi, an albatross in the book Call It Courage See also *Kivy (d ...
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Kivy (disambiguation) KIVY may refer to: * KIVY (AM), a radio station (1290 AM) licensed to serve Crockett, Texas, United States * KIVY-FM, a radio station (92.7 FM) licensed to serve Crockett * KIVY-LD, a low-power television station (channel 17, virtual 16) licensed t ...
* {{Disambiguation, ship, given name