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Peter Dengate Thrush founded and currently chairs the [[Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation]], a non-profit dedicated to Internet entrepreneurship and education in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.ldtf.org.nz/index.html Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation Official Homepage]</ref> The foundation was created after a tragic car accident claimed the lives of Peter's father, brother, and wife; he was about to commence work at ICANN's 2006 conference in Morocco when he received the news.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10389342 NZHerald.co.nz]</ref>

Peter Dengate Thrush founded and currently chairs the [[Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation]], a non-profit dedicated to Internet entrepreneurship and education in New Zealand.<ref>[http://www.ldtf.org.nz/index.html Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation Official Homepage]</ref> The foundation was created after a tragic car accident claimed the lives of Peter's father, brother, and wife; he was about to commence work at ICANN's 2006 conference in Morocco when he received the news.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10389342 NZHerald.co.nz]</ref>

===Recent Work===

===Recent Work===

As mentioned, Mr. Thrush was heavily involved in creating and advising [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] ventures through his recent work at [[Minds + Machines]]; one of the declared projects he was involved in as of January, 2012, is an application for [[.kiwi]]. The TLD is an interesting one as it is set up to directly compete with New Zealand's [[.nz]] [[ccTLD]], and is arguably a more fun way of identifying with the country. The group he is working with, [[Dot Kiwi]], which is made up of ex-pats living in Canada, is not the only group planning on applying for the extension. The non-profit [[InternetNZ]] is also interested in running .kiwi.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6255747/Dot-Kiwi-to-enhance-patriotic-flavour-of-websites Dot Kiwi to Enhance Patriotic Flavour]</ref>

As mentioned, Mr. Thrush was heavily involved in creating and advising [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD]] ventures through his recent work at [[Minds + Machines]]; one of the declared projects he was involved in as of January, 2012, is an application for [[.kiwi]]. The TLD is an interesting one as it is set up to directly compete with New Zealand's [[.nz]] [[ccTLD]], and is arguably a more fun way of identifying with the country. The group he is working with is [[Dot Kiwi]], which is made up of ex-pats living in Canada.<ref>[http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/6255747/Dot-Kiwi-to-enhance-patriotic-flavour-of-websites Dot Kiwi to Enhance Patriotic Flavour]</ref>

Upon his departure from TLDH, it was announced he would continue to advise some of TLDH's gTLD clients.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10790-dengate-thrush-quits-tldh Dengate Thrush Quits, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

Upon his departure from TLDH, it was announced he would continue to advise some of TLDH's gTLD clients.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10790-dengate-thrush-quits-tldh Dengate Thrush Quits, DomainIncite.com]</ref>