New Zealand soldiers in the First World War were nicknamed Kiwis by their British counterparts long before the fruit took the name, and by 1919 a giant kiwi bird had been carved into the chalk hillside above Bulford Camp in Wiltshire, where it remains visible today.

The 420-foot Bulford Kiwi carved into a Wiltshire chalk hillside in 1919 by New Zealand soldiers is older than the fruit that shares its name — and was re-chalked in 2024 by an RAF Chinook helicopter. The post New Zealand soldiers in the First World War were nicknamed Kiwis by their British counterparts long before the fruit took the name, and by 1919 a giant kiwi bird had been carved into the chalk hillside above Bulford Camp in Wiltshire, where it remains visible today. appeared first on Space