HMNZS Kiwi (T102) was a Bird class minesweeper of the Royal New Zealand Navy.

History
New Zealand
Name	HMNZS Kiwi (T102)
Builder	Henry Robb Ltd. Scotland.
Commissioned	20 October 1941
Decommissioned	20 December 1956
General characteristics
Class and type	Bird class minesweeper
Displacement	607 tons standard 923 tons full load
Length	168 ft (51 m)
Beam	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draught	15.3 ft (4.7 m)
Propulsion	1,100 ihp (820 kW) oil
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	33-35
Armament	1 × 4-inch gun, 2 × 1 Hotchkiss, twin Lewis, 40 depth charges

She was commissioned in 1941 for minesweeping and anti-submarine roles. From 1948 to 1956 she functioned as a training ship.

On 29 January 1943, with her sister ship Moa, Kiwi rammed and wrecked^[1] the Japanese submarine I-1. At the time Kiwi was under the command of Lieutenant Commander Gordon Bridson who was awarded the DSC and the United States Navy Cross^[2] for this action.

Kiwi was the first vessel with this name to serve in the Royal New Zealand Navy and is named after the national bird of New Zealand.