Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a New Zealander.

1902		Bulletin (Sydney) 12 July 16/2: ‘Kiwi’: writes from Maoriland:- ‘There certainly is dreadful child-slavery in the M.L. dairying districts; but it is not fair to blame only the unfortunate cocky.’.
1944		L. Glassop We Were the Rats 136: The Sixth Division, the Kiwis and thousands of Tommies had gone to the rescue of gallant Greece.
1959		G. Slatter Gun in My Hand 75: I haven’t seen a decent game since the Kiwis played on this ground in 1946.
1961		(con. WW2) R. Poole London E1 (2012) 260: They come from all over the world: Kiwis, Aussies, Yanks.
1964		R. Helmer Stag Party 45: Which of you Kiwis wants to claim that deer?
1970		N. Beagley Up and Down Under 122: Fair Dinkum, Aussie, and Kio Ora, Kiwi.
1980		M. Bail Homesickness (1999) 111: ‘I’m always fetching Kiwis, bloody Aussies and Mapleleafs,’ the driver said.
1992		M. Coleman Fatty 218: The Kiwis won 18-nil in a game which Vautin describes as ‘the most ordinary display by an Australian side I’ve ever been associated with’.
1999		N. Cohn Yes We have No 203: The newly-weds, the tribe of Kiwis and the massed Angels.
2006		Age (Melbourne) 6 Jan. 🌐 ‘Some of those Kiwis are tough bastards, too,’ Bernie said.
2012		N.Z. Herald 31 Jan. 🌐 [headline] Kiwi to plead guilty to $20m fraud.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 54: The President [...] muttered something about ‘those snotty Kiwis’.