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.kiwi

{{Short description|Internet top-level domain}}

{{distinguish|text=.kiwi.nz }}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox Top level domain

| image=Kiwi domain.png

| name=.kiwi

| introduced=25 November 2013

| type=GeoTLD

| status=Active

| registry = Dot Kiwi Ltd. (operated by InternetNZ)

| dnssec=Yes

| sponsor=Dot Kiwi Ltd.

| intendeduse=Entities connected with New Zealand

| actualuse=

| restrictions=

| website=https://hello.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.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/dot-kiwi-domain-name-reservations-set-begin-5688229|title=Dot kiwi domain name reservations set to begin|work=TVNZ|accessdate=5 May 2015}}

{{As of|2024|January}} there are just under 11,000 registered .kiwi domains, connected to 8,633 active websites.{{cite web |title=List of registered .KIWI domains |url=https://zonefiles.io/list/kiwi/ |website=Zonefiles |access-date=24 January 2024}}

History

Dot Kiwi Limited reportedly spent a "seven-figure" sum securing the new top level domain from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/technology/dot-kiwi-enters-internet-domain-names-2013120217|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311085857/http://www.newshub.co.nz/technology/dot-kiwi-enters-internet-domain-names-2013120217|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=Dot kiwi enters internet domain names|date=2013-02-12|work=Newshub |access-date=2023-01-16}}

The domain launched with a 'landrush' period in March 2014 after two years of planning.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1403/S00548/kiwi-domain-names-go-live-after-two-years-of-planning.htm|title=.kiwi domain names go live after two years of planning|website=Scoop News|access-date=2017-04-23}}

In May 2014, shortly after launch, 4,600 .kiwi domains had been activated.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/60063322/thousands-switch-to-kiwi-domain|title=Thousands switch to .kiwi domain|website=Stuff|date=14 May 2014 |access-date=2017-04-23}} As at the first anniversary on 1 May 2015, 12,000 .kiwi domains had been registered. Dot Kiwi Limited claimed that this meant .kiwi was in the top 25 per cent of new domains released by ICANN.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1505/S00003/dot-kiwi-celebrates-first-anniversary.htm|title=Dot Kiwi Celebrates First Anniversary|website=Scoop News|access-date=2017-04-23}}

The .kiwi top level domain is not to be confused with .kiwi.nz, which launched as a new option under the .nz top level domain in August 2012.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/7563230/Dot-Kiwi-fails-to-knock-out-kiwi-nz|title=Dot Kiwi fails to knock out .kiwi.nz|last=Bell|first=Stephen|date=2012-08-28|work=Stuff.co.nz|access-date=2017-04-23|language=English}}

The technical backend was originally provided by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's Fury product.{{cite news |title=CIRA becomes first new gTLD back-end since 2012 |url=http://domainincite.com/21005-cira-becomes-first-new-gtld-back-end-since-2012 |accessdate=1 June 2019 |publisher=DomainIncite |date=22 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601180100/http://domainincite.com/21005-cira-becomes-first-new-gtld-back-end-since-2012 |archivedate=1 June 2019 |url-status=live }} In 2024, InternetNZ signed a contract with Dot Kiwi Ltd. to provide registry and registrar support services for the domain.{{Cite web |title=InternetNZ providing services to .kiwi |url=https://news.fuseworksmedia.com/2eb4db35-c4e8-447b-bded-681803096182 |access-date=2024-08-21 |date=2024-08-06 |website=news.fuseworksmedia.com |language=en}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/dot-kiwi-domain-name-reservations-set-begin-5688229|title=Dot kiwi domain name reservations set to begin|work=TVNZ}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU1402/S00550/trademark-holders-have-a-month-to-get-kiwi-domain-names.htm|title=Trademark holders have a month to get .kiwi domain names|work=scoop.co.nz}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/9220370/Kiwi-domain-is-almost-ready-to-join-the-dots|title=Kiwi domain is almost ready to join the dots|work=Stuff|date=27 September 2013 }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/540809/all_kiwis_can_apply_kiwi_domain_name_now/|title=All Kiwis can apply for a .kiwi domain name now|author=Sathya Mithra Ashok|work=Computerworld New Zealand}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/574065/12k-counting-dot-kiwi-captures-nz-imagination/|title=12K and counting as Dot Kiwi captures NZ imagination|author=James Henderson|work=Computerworld New Zealand}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9467555/Real-estate-hottest-property-in-kiwi-domain-addresses|title=Real estate tops .kiwi domain|work=Stuff|date=2 December 2013 }}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10779105 |title=NZ web users may get .kiwi domain |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 January 2012}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/556238/watershed-day-nz-domain-name-game-hots-up/|title="Watershed day" as NZ domain name game hots up|author=James Henderson|work=Computerworld New Zealand}}
  • {{cite web | title=Dot Kiwi domain names in hot demand | website=TVNZ | date=15 May 2014 | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/5972484.xml | accessdate=5 May 2015}}

External links

  • [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/kiwi.html IANA .kiwi whois information]
  • [https://hello.kiwi/ Dot-Kiwi] official website

{{Generic top-level domains}}

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Category:Internet in New Zealand

Category:Mass media in New Zealand

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