Kiwi Explained

Kiwi most commonly refers to:

• Kiwi (bird), a flightless bird native to New Zealand
• Kiwi (nickname), an informal name for New Zealanders
• Kiwifruit, an edible hairy fruit with lots of seeds
• Kiwi dollar or New Zealand dollar, a unit of currency

Kiwi or KIWI may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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 and film

• KIWI, a radio station in California, U.S.
• Kiwi FM, a New Zealand radio network
• Kiwi!, a 2006 short animated film

Science and technology

• .kiwi, an Internet top-level domain
• KIWI (openSUSE), image software
• KIWI, a testbed prototype of the nuclear thermal rocket
• Kiwi Farms, an Internet forum
• Kiwi IRC, an Internet Relay Chat software client
• Kiwi vacuum extractor, a device to assist delivery of a baby

Ships

• HMNZS Kiwi, several ships
  • HMNZS Kiwi (T102), a minesweeper commissioned in 1941
  • HMNZS Kiwi (P3554), a patrol boat commissioned in 1983

Sports

• Kiwi (horse) (1977–1995), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Kiwis (rugby league), the New Zealand national rugby league team
• Kiwi FC 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, an American airline 1992–1999
• Kiwi Regional Airlines, a New Zealand airline 2015–2016
• Kiwi Travel International Airlines, a 1990s New Zealand airline
• Wiscasset Airport (ICAO code: KIWI), US

People with the given name

• Kiwi Camara (born 1984), Filipino American attorney
• Kiwi Gardner (born 1993), American basketball player
• Kiwi Kingston (1914–1992), New Zealand wrestler and film actor
• Kiwi Searancke (born c. 1952), New Zealand rugby player

Other uses

• Kiwi (business) or Kiwi Campus, a food delivery service using robots
• Kiwi (shoe polish), an Australian brand name
• Kiwi (store), a Scandinavian supermarket chain
• Kiwi River, a river in New Zealand's South Island

See also

• Bulford Kiwi, a chalk hill carving in Wiltshire, England
• Kiwikiwi (Blechnum fluviatile), a fern species
• Kivi (disambiguation)
• Kivy (disambiguation)