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Why .nz? .co.uk I could understand, .com ,being the main site, would be an honour, even .de would be subtly ironic - but I can't see the connection with kiwis

Why .nz? .co.uk I could understand, .com ,being the main site, would be an honour, even .de would be subtly ironic - but I can't see the connection with kiwis Does each Google fiefdom get to do it's own toys without the express command of the chocolate factory?

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
New Zealand is ahead of the US and UK. Google's Doodles are timed by local time and locality. So NZ gets them before the US does. EDIT: Actually, it's quite interesting to look at Google's page about doodles. Most of the doodles will never be seen by you, since they are country-specific.
- excuse-me 14y ago
  I see, although it does leave the question - if New Zealand is in the future why do they have Hobbits?
  - pyre 14y ago
    "All this has happened before, and all this will happen again." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return
    - excuse-me 14y ago
      Yes I remember you saying that !
dbaupp 14y ago
Other than the timing differences that TazeTSchnitzel describes, SquareWheel might be from NZ, so .nz is their default Google landing page.
- SquareWheel 14y ago
  I am not, it was based on timezone.