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New Zealand

What is a Kiwi?

What is a Kiwi - Definition #1

The kiwi bird is the New Zealand national emblem.
New Zealand Maori named the kiwi bird for the sound of its chirp - kewe, kewe.
The New Zealand Kiwi is one of New Zealand’s many flightless birds.

What is a Kiwi - Definition #2
New Zealanders have become known as ‘Kiwis’ as well.

There is a ‘kiwi’ sense of humour, a kiwi ‘do-it-yourself’ attitude , and Kiwiana means the things that contribute to our sense of being Kiwi.

What is a Kiwi - Definition #3
The New Zealand dollar is also frequently called the Kiwi by currency traders.

What is a Kiwi - Definition #4
Perhaps the best-known New Zealand kiwi is the delicious bright green fleshed kiwifruit.

What is a Kiwi - Definition #5
Kiwi is the brand name of a shoe polish, and is the dominant shoe polish in a number of countries.

##And I have now learnt that in Norway KIWI is a chain of grocery stores.


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Nina Ludwig27-Jun-2007 21:51
Hi Janice. What you have forgotten to say under Definition #3 is that Kiwis are amongst the nicest and friendliest people anywhere. :)
Dawn McKenzie-Wykes23-Jun-2007 08:28
And here is another KIWI..... www.pbase.com/awatea (pays to advertise)..ha ha..

Good one Janice..my friend.

KIA ORA !
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