Kiwis, kangas and, um... Chocolate?
Here is a great song by a (sort of Belgian) Australian and a New Zealander... Goes to show what people can do when they get along!
Little-Known Schnapple-ganger Fact: Australians and New Zealanders have been at war with each other for over 60 years. The Wars of Shipshaggabru started in 1948 when the Sydney military base launched a rocket-propelled rotten kiwi-fruit at Christchurch as part of a highly secretive test for Australian ICBMs.
Little-Known Schnapple-ganger Fact: Australians and New Zealanders have been at war with each other for over 60 years. The Wars of Shipshaggabru started in 1948 when the Sydney military base launched a rocket-propelled rotten kiwi-fruit at Christchurch as part of a highly secretive test for Australian ICBMs.
About the fact: lulz
So THAT'S why New Zealanders are called Kiwis. Ironic
So THAT'S why New Zealanders are called Kiwis. Ironic
Actually, it was New Zealanders themselves that chose the nomenclature 'kiwis'.
Prior to the beginning of the war, New Zealand was totally obscure and unknown to the rest of the world. New Zealanders realised the only way they could be recognised as a populated country and potential tourist attraction was to define their national identity in a way that took advantage of Australia's prominence and booming tourism industry. Thus, New Zealand became known as 'that country that is at war with Australia', and New Zealanders as 'kiwis' as a reference to the origin of New Zealand's national identity.
Prior to the beginning of the war, New Zealand was totally obscure and unknown to the rest of the world. New Zealanders realised the only way they could be recognised as a populated country and potential tourist attraction was to define their national identity in a way that took advantage of Australia's prominence and booming tourism industry. Thus, New Zealand became known as 'that country that is at war with Australia', and New Zealanders as 'kiwis' as a reference to the origin of New Zealand's national identity.
They're also birds. Life is very strange down there in NZ, with all the human-fruit-birds walking/rolling/flying around.
New zealand has the best sense of humour 
Killing Industrialised Water In Scottish.
*starts playing a bagpipe*
*starts playing a bagpipe*
Dinkulum + ExDeath = Heavy laughs-in-the-out-loud 
Kiwifruit are named after the birds of the genus Apteryx, which is also the origin of the colloquial name for New Zealanders.
