New Zealand Place Names

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Hint	Answer
Called the "City of Sails"	Auckland
The "Gumboot Capital"	Taihape
Has a giant Carrot	Ohakune
Known as the "Garden City"	Christchurch
Known as "The Extreme Sports Capital of the World"	Queenstown
The Capital	Wellington
Has a sculpture of a brown trout	Gore
Claims to be the "Kiwifruit Capital" of the world	Te Puke
Known as the "Kiwiana Town" of NZ	Otorohanga
The first city to see the sun everyday	Gisborne
Sometimes referred to as the "Penguin Capital	Oamaru
City which contains the largest lake in NZ	Taupo
Is popular for whale-watching and crayfish	Kaikoura
Claims to be the "Seafood Capital" of NZ	Nelson
The largest inland city in NZ	Hamilton
A town named after the people of Denmark	Dannevirke
A city known for it's geysers, hot springs, mud pools, lakes and streams	Rotorua
Claims to be the "Oyster Capital" of NZ	Bluff
Known as the "Sunshine Capital" and "Wine Capital" of NZ	Blenheim
Best known as the "Kumara Capital" of NZ	Dargaville
Claims to be the "Marlin Capital" of NZ	Whangaroa Harbour
Which town won the annual NZ's Most Beautiful Town award 12 consecutive times	Feilding

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6 Comments

Level 48

Jul 30, 2013

Fielding is spelt wrong. For the NZ town it should be spelt Feilding

Level 12

Aug 3, 2013

Hi, thanks for noticing. I have set it to be changed

Level 20

Oct 5, 2015

Should as Paeroa, LnP home.

Level 68

May 10, 2016

Oamaru is also the Steampunk capital of New Zealand, and Gore is the country music capital.

Level 68

Sep 22, 2016

Whangaroa Harbour is beautiful. Not sure about Feilding...

Level 74

Jun 1, 2018

the town of Taupo doesn't actually contain Lake Taupo - it just sits on one edge of it

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