A New Zealand Question Tour

Kia ora! Challenge yourself with these thirty-two questions in eight categories about the nation of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Who knows, maybe you'll get all of them!

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Hint	Answer
Cities 1: Former capital of Aotearoa/New Zealand with a distinctive Sky Tower.	Auckland
Cities 2: City struck by a series of earthquakes starting in 2010	Christchurch
Cities 3: This city, named for a Scottish one, is home to Aotearoa/New Zealand's oldest university.	Dunedin
Cities 4: Its name means "resting place" in Maori.	Tauranga
Natural Landmarks 1: This famous fjord's Maori name references a now-extinct songbird.	Milford Sound / Piopiotahi
Natural Landmarks 2: Many of the mountains of this national park, such as Ngauruhoe, are held as sacred.	Tongariro
Natural Landmarks 3: The tallest mountain in Aotearoa/New Zealand.	Aoraki / Mount Cook
Natural Landmarks 4: These caverns are known for their glowworm larvae that shine a vibrant blue on their rocky ceilings.	Waitomo Caves
People 1: Chief (or rangatira) and inaugural first king of the Maori	Potatau Te Wherowhero
People 2: One of the leaders of New Zealand's suffragists, known for her pamphlet "Ten Reasons Why the Women of New Zealand Should Vote"	Kate Sheppard
People 3: "Father of Nuclear Physics"	Ernest Rutherford
People 4: Along with Tenzing Norgay, he was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.	Edmund Hillary
History 1: This contested document granted the British Empire control over Aotearoa.	Treaty of Waitangi
History 2: First major conflict between paheka (Anglo settlers) and Maori, in which a magistrate of the New Zealand Company attempted to illegally arrest two chiefs.	Wairau Affray
History 3: Upon the acquisition of European firearms, these conflicts spread across Maori chiefdoms from 1801 to 1840	Musket Wars
History 4: Distinctive culture of the Chatham Islands that was almost completely annihilated in 1835; its last member died in 1901.	Moriori

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Culture 1: Pendant made of greenstone depicting a human sitting cross-legged.	Hei-Tiki
Culture 2: In this short story by Katherine Mansfield, a young woman by the name of Laura finds her poorer neighbor dead while hosting a celebration.	The Garden Party
Culture 3: Janet Frame's most famous novel, in which Daphne Withers undergoes a series of mental "treatments" after the death of her sister.	Owls Do Cry
Culture 4: Traditional dance performed by the Maori before a competition.	Haka
Paleontology 1: Member of the order Dinornitoformes that went extinct roughly a century after human colonization of Aotearoa.	Moa
Paleontology 2: Gigantic bird-of-prey that hunted the above	Haast's Eagle
Paleontology 3: This species of bird was notable for its sexually dimorphic beak: females had a long, tapering beak, while males had a short, crow-like one.	Huia
Paleontology 4: Native to the Tahora Formation in Napier, this plesiosaur has gained limited renown for its appearance in the BBC show "Prehistoric Planet."	Tuarangisaurus
Stars 1: (Actor) "Gladiator," "Les Miserables"	Russell Crowe
Stars 2: (Actress) "The Piano," "True Blood."	Anna Paquin
Stars 3: (Director) "The Lord of the Rings," "King Kong (2005)"	Peter Jackson
Stars 4: (Director) "Jojo Rabbit," "Reservation Dogs"	Taika Waititi
Wildlife 1: Flightless bird and New Zealander namesake; I must re-emphasize the flightlessness, as it is also the symbol of the New Zealand Air Force.	Kiwi
Wildlife 2: Flightless parrot that is the heaviest in the world.	Kakapo
Wildlife 3: Suborder of giant flightless crickets.	Weta
Wildlife 4: The fifth extant reptile group, similar to a lizard.	Tuatara