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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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

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

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