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  TerraNature | New Zealand Ecology - Kiwi
New Zealanders are proud to be known as kiwis, the New Zealand dollar is a kiwi, the Kiwis are the national rugby league football team, and a fruit native to China that was first commercially cultivated in New Zealand for international trade is now known throughout the world as kiwi fruit.
Kiwi may occupy numerous dens and nesting burrows by rotation throughout their territory, which is marked by feces (another mammal habit) and fiercely defended for the life of the pair.
Kiwi use their good sense of smell and long strong bill to probe in litter and beneath the surface for food at night.
www.terranature.org /kiwi1.htm   (1737 words)

  
 New Zealand travel tips, visitor information and Kiwi News.
Spotted Kiwis are found on offshore islands and forests in the North of the South Island.
Kiwi are burrowers and often move to a new burrow each day.
Kiwis have only remnants of wings, and like the moa to which they are related, lack a keel on the breastbone for attachment of flight muscles.
www.kiwinewz.com /html/kiwibird.htm   (1132 words)

  
 Kiwi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites.
Kiwis are creatures with a highly developed sense of smell and, most unusual in a bird, nostrils at the end of their long bill.
The very small Little Spotted Kiwi, Apteryx owenii is unable to survive predation by imported pigs, stoats and cats and is extinct on the mainland and the most threatened of all kiwi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiwi   (1191 words)

  
 New Zealand Kiwi Bird
Because the kiwi is a semi-nocturnal, secretive bird, few New Zealanders have seen their national bird in the wild.
Kiwi eggs are proportionately larger compared to the size of the adult female than the eggs of any other bird.
The New Zealand dollar is often referred to as the “The Kiwi” and the kiwi fruit is known as a “Kiwi” in some countries.
www.chemistry.co.nz /kiwibird.htm   (883 words)

  
 The Kiwi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The "kiwi" (shown above) is a flightless bird native to New Zealand.
Kiwis are about the same size as chickens, but their eggs are almost as big as those of ostriches!
The "kiwi" is not to be confused with "kiwifruit" - the brown furry fruit with the green flesh.
xenon.stanford.edu /~rsf/kiwi.html   (231 words)

  
 Kiwi Hatches at National Zoo - National Zoo| FONZ
A kiwi hatched on February 13, 2006, at the National Zoo.
Baxter is the kiwi currently used in demonstrations, but he is getting a little overweight and will be sent to the Conservation and Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia, to go on a diet.
The baby kiwi is being fed twice a day from a food dish in my lap and it responds very well to the food items.
nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/NewsEvents/kiwi.cfm   (1525 words)

  
 No One’s Listening — He's bona fide.
Kiwi is the product of a month-and-a-half long adventure in theme building and represents an attempt to break the blogging mold.
Kiwi tries to focus on aesthetics and usability simultaneously, with the goal of developing a layout style that differed from the norm.
Kiwi uses The Feature plugin to generate the featured posts you see in the upper right-hand corner of this page.
no.oneslistening.com /?pagename=kiwi   (1483 words)

  
 The New Zealand Kiwi Species
The North Island Brown Kiwi is found in the upperparts of the North Island, with large numbers in Northland.
It is also the only variety of Kiwi that the female takes turns with the male to sit on the egg.
Kiwi's are being transfered to other islands to try and establish new colonies (including Tiritiri Matangi, Hen Island, Red Mercury and Long Island).
www.kamcom.co.nz /kiwi/kiwispecies.htm   (490 words)

  
 Kiwi
Kiwis can be grown in a wide variety of soils as long as they are well drained.
Hardy Kiwis should ripen in almost all areas of the United States where temperatures do not fall below -25°F. All kiwis should be protected from strong winds to avoid damage to the long canes.
Kiwi vines are heavy feeders and like their roots to be in warm soil.
www.raintreenursery.com /how_to/ACTI.html   (627 words)

  
 Kiwi page
Kiwi are about the same size as chickens, but their eggs are almost as big as those of ostriches!
The kiwi bird's name comes from the Maori language, and imitates the cry of the male kiwi during the mating season.
Since the kiwi is a nocturnal animal, some of the habitats have "reversed diurnal" lighting, i.e., the lighting in the enclosure looks like night to the kiwi, and no daylight is allowed in.
kiwi.bird.freeservers.com   (1329 words)

  
 KIWI - Precision Timestamp Utility
For astronomical events using a camcorder, a LED (optional) is flashed for 50msec to ident the video at the time of the "trigger" for subsequent field/frame accuracy determination.
KIWI is a software program only, it is up to the user to obtain a GPS module (that outputs NMEA sentences GGA and RMC) and wire it up.
KIWI written by Geoff Hitchcox, Christchurch, New Zealand, South Pacific.
www.geocities.com /kiwi_36_nz/kiwi/kiwi.htm   (1509 words)

  
 Kiwi fruit on StarChefs
Originally from China, the fruit was introduced to New Zealand in 1906 as the “Chinese gooseberry” and later became known as “kiwi” after the fuzzy, brown, flightless bird of the same name.
Kiwis are now grown domestically in California and are available year round thanks to the opposite summer seasons of Chile and New Zealand –; two major producers of the fruit.
Ounce for ounce, kiwis are one of the best sources of vitamin E, potassium, and dietary fiber, not to mention they have almost twice the amount of vitamin C as oranges.
www.starchefs.com /features/kiwi/html/index.shtml   (333 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Farmers Try to Strike Gold With New Kiwi - Business And Money | Business News | Financial News (via ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although California remains a minor player in the global kiwi market compared to New Zealand, Italy and China, the fruit is expected to be about a $23 million crop in California this year, up from about $18 million in 2002, said Marilyn Kinoshita, deputy agriculture commissioner for Tulare County.
Before kiwis were introduced as a crop here in the early 1960s, the fruit had long been a delicacy in China before seeds were sent to New Zealand at the beginning of the 20th century.
Caplan renamed the fruit kiwi after New Zealand's brown, fuzzy bird, at the suggestion of a broker who got her the fruit after a missionary returning from New Zealand asked her for Chinese gooseberries.
www.foxnews.com.cob-web.org:8888 /wires/2006Oct11/0,4670,FarmScene,00.html   (792 words)

  
 Kiwi Enterprises .: Product Information :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kiwi SyslogGen is a free Windows and NT Syslog message generator which sends Unix type Syslog messages to any PC or Unix Syslog Daemon.
Kiwi Harvester is a free Windows utility that listens for data via the computer's serial interface and converts the data received into standard syslog messages.
Kiwi HarvesterGen is a free Comm Port Message Generator for use with Kiwi Harvester.
www.kiwisyslog.com /products.htm   (745 words)

  
 Kiwi (people) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kiwi is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand.
The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first use of the Kiwi to mean New Zealand in 1918, in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Chronicles.
In World War I, the British Army ordered several tons of Kiwi brand polish to be used by the soldiers on their boots, belts, saddles and other horse tack.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kiwi_(people)   (409 words)

  
 Kiwi Fact Sheet
New Zealand is the only place in the world where kiwi are found in the wild and they don’t live in cities and towns like most people.
In the 1980s scientists and visitors to the forest realised that the number of kiwi was decreasing.
In 2003 the Kiwi Recovery Programme changed to be the 'Kiwi Recovery Trust', which is separate from the Threatened Species Trust.
www.kcc.org.nz /birds/kiwi.asp   (508 words)

  
 Exploratorium Human Body Explorations: Fruitful DNA Extraction
Use a balance to measure 30 g of kiwi chunks, then thoroughly mash that amount with a fork.
In this procedure, the kiwi cell walls are broken down by the mechanical mashing and then the heating, and the detergent dissolves the lipids in the cell membranes and nuclear envelope (just like the detergent dissolves grease on your dishes).
Kiwi fruit DNA extracted by the procedure outlined here was removed from solution, dissolved in a buffer, and subjected to spectrophotometric analysis in order to obtain a crude idea of its constituents and purity.
www.exploratorium.edu /ti/human_body/dna.html   (1697 words)

  
 What is it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kiwi was primarily designed to make implementing the UI for Stoq easier, and it is released under the LGPL.
Kiwi is a framework and a set of enhanced PyGTK widgets designed to make building programs with graphical interfaces both easy to write and easy to maintain.
Kiwi is pure Python and should work cross-platform, but is developed on Python 2.4, Linux ix86.
www.async.com.br /projects/kiwi   (135 words)

  
 English Language Schools � Welcome to Kiwi English Academy English School of Language in New Zealand.
Kiwi English Academy, a New Zealand-owned English language school, is well-known for the quality of its educational programmes and student welfare system, recreational activities
Our directors and staff welcome you to join our international "family"; we understand the importance of your decision to study abroad and are committed to helping you to achieve your academic goals as well as to enjoy your New Zealand experience.
Kiwi English Academy has a unique high school preparation and pathways programme that prepares students for entry into a New Zealand high school.
www.kiwienglish.co.nz   (540 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/kiwi
Kiwi's mix of critical social commentary, honest emotional reflection, and rapid-fire delivery, as well as his presence onstage and in the recording booth have earned him supporters and listeners worldwide.
Kiwi is also a member of acclaimed hip hop group Native Guns, consisting of himself, fellow emcee Bambu, and DJ Phatrick.
Kiwi, is not only emcee but a dancing machine.
www.myspace.com /kiwi   (1154 words)

  
 Computer Chess
Kiwi allows you can create your own books using games from PGN databases (see readme for instructions), but you'll probably find it easier to use one of the precompiled books below.
Kiwi played in the 2005 Italian Championship (CIPS 2005) and finished 2nd behind Delphi.
Kiwi is playing in the D class of the Regensburg Winboard Circuit tournament...
www.ascotti.org /programming/chess/chess.htm   (810 words)

  
 Debian -- python-kiwi
Kiwi consists of a set of classes and wrappers for PyGTK that were developed to provide a sort of framework for applications.
Fully object-oriented, and roughly Smalltalk's MVC, Kiwi provides a simple, practical way to build forms, windows and widgets that transparently access and display your object data.
Kiwi is inspired by Allen Holub's Visual Proxy.
packages.debian.org /unstable/python/python-kiwi   (151 words)

  
 KIWIFRUIT Fruit Facts
Kiwi vines can be successfully grown in large containers.
Kiwi vines need to be supported and this is usually done in one of three ways: single wire, 3-5 wire on a T-bar system, or onto a patio cover.
In all cases, one stem is trained up to a wire at six feet and then allowed to grow along the wire.
www.crfg.org /pubs/ff/kiwifruit.html   (1888 words)

  
 Syslog Daemon for Windows, Free Syslog Server, Firewall logging, Kiwi Syslog Daemon
Kiwi Secure Tunnel is a freeware Secure Tunnel Service for use with Kiwi Syslog Daemon (or compatible syslog daemon).
Kiwi Logfile Viewer supports Kiwi Syslog and BSD Syslog field header titles and also tab delimited and CSV format files.
Kiwi Harvester is a free Windows utility that listens for data via the computer's serial interface and converts the data received into standard syslog messages which are then forwarded via UDP protocol to a central logging server such as Kiwi Syslog Daemon.
www.kiwisyslog.com   (460 words)

  
 Kiwi Jam - Allrecipes
In a large saucepan, combine 3 cups mashed kiwi, pineapple juice, lemon juice and apples.
This jam is very good, I was a first time maker and was suprised at how easy it was to make.
One thing I found was that 24 kiwis makes more than 3 cups of mashed berries.
allrecipes.com /recipe/kiwi-jam/detail.aspx   (179 words)

  
 Kiwi Alpha: File Sharing at its Best
Based on GnucDNA, Kiwi Alpha uses the same peer 2 peer technology now used by Morpheus, one of the leading file sharing programs today.
Kiwi Alpha supports the well known Gnutella and the newer G2 networks.
With Kiwi Alpha you can easily download any media type such as audio, video, images, documents and software.
www.kiwialpha.com   (122 words)

  
 NoteTag - Adobe Labs
NoteTag is the first public release from the Kiwi project.
As such, the NoteTag source and the Kiwi Project component libraries (described below) are of experimental quality; we have released them as-is under the Adobe Labs license.
The Kiwi Project uses Flex Data Services as a proxy for NoteTag for internal deployment, although you can use any technology to create a proxy (such as PHP or ColdFusion).
labs.adobe.com /wiki/index.php/NoteTag   (651 words)

  
 Kiwi
A next generation e-mail client, built for IMAP and Mac OS X. We have a lot of great ideas on how e-mail clients can be improved, but in order to do that we need a base to work off of.
By creating Kiwi we hope to build an open source e-mail client that other people with great ideas can use as a platform for innovation.
Kiwi is built off of MailCore, a Cocoa e-mail framework, and LibEtPan, a C based library for working with e-mail protocols.
www.theronge.com /kiwi   (331 words)

  
 Kiwi Fruit From ZESPRI International New Zealand Kiwifruit - Recipes, Organic Fruit & Nutrition
ZESPRI International New Zealand Kiwifruit is the largest marketer of fresh Green, Gold and Organic Kiwi Fruit in the world.
Kiwi Fruit are also known as Chinese Gooseberries.
If you're still not sure what ZESPRI International is all about, we have a list of frequently asked questions to help you out.
www.zespri.com   (412 words)

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