.kiwi

Introduced	25 November 2013
TLD type	Generic top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Dot Kiwi Ltd. (operated by Canadian Internet Registration Authority)
Sponsor	Dot Kiwi Limited
Intended use	Entities connected with New Zealand
Actual use	unknown
DNSSEC	Yes
Registry 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.^[1] It is the first, and presently only, New Zealand-specific top level domain name approved by ICANN.^[1]

As of January 2024^[update] there are just under 11,000 registered .kiwi domains, connected to 8,633 active websites.^[2]

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).^[3]

The domain launched with a 'landrush' period in March 2014 after two years of planning.^[4]

In May 2014, shortly after launch, 4,600 .kiwi domains had been activated.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

The technical backend is provided by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's Fury product.^[8]

Accredited registrars

As of 6 December 2016.^[9]

• 101 Domain
• 123.reg
• CoreHub
• Crazydomains.com
• CSC
• Dynadot
• Gandi.net
• GoDaddy
• IP Mirror
• Marcaria
• Network Solutions
• STrato
• Regtons
• Amazon Route 53

See also

• .nz

References

Further reading

• "Dot kiwi domain name reservations set to begin". TVNZ.
• "Trademark holders have a month to get .kiwi domain names". scoop.co.nz.
• "Kiwi domain is almost ready to join the dots". Stuff. 27 September 2013.
• Sathya Mithra Ashok. "All Kiwis can apply for a .kiwi domain name now". Computerworld New Zealand.
• James Henderson. "12K and counting as Dot Kiwi captures NZ imagination". Computerworld New Zealand.
• "Real estate tops .kiwi domain". Stuff. 2 December 2013.
• "NZ web users may get .kiwi domain". The New Zealand Herald. 17 September 2023.
• James Henderson. ""Watershed day" as NZ domain name game hots up". Computerworld New Zealand.
• "Dot Kiwi domain names in hot demand". TVNZ. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

External links

• IANA .kiwi whois information
• Dot-Kiwi official website

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