| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flightless bird | K | Kiwi | 91%
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| A strait and a mountain | C | Cook | 89%
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| What destroyed Napier in 1931 | E | Earthquake | 89%
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| Sea between Australia and New Zealand | T | Tasman | 89%
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| City named after Edinburgh | D | Dunedin | 86%
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| New Zealand is named after this Dutch province | Z | Zeeland | 86%
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| Plenty, of Islands, Pegasus | B | Bay | 80%
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| Extinct species of flightless bird | M | Moa | 80%
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| The Māori name for New Zealand | A | Aotearoa | 70%
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| Taupō, Taranaki or Mount Ngāuruhoe | V | Volcano | 70%
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| Northernmost region | N | Northland | 66%
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| Southernmost and westernmost city | I | Invercargill | 64%
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| Town on Lake Wakatipu | Q | Queenstown | 64%
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| Longest river | W | Waikato | 59%
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| Why the town of Hokitika was founded | G | Gold | 50%
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| Plant that has become a national symbol | S | Silver fern | 50%
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| Invasive Australian pest | P | Possum | 48%
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| 57% of the country's electricity | H | Hydroelectric power | 43%
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| Large bay southeast of Auckland | F | Firth of Thames | 11%
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| First town in the southern hemisphere to have electric lighting | R | Reefton | 7%
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| Beach and bay north of St Heliers in Auckland | L | Ladies Bay | 2%
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| Southernmost island in the country | J | Jacquemart | 0%
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| Rock formation at the top of the Old Man Range | O | Obelisk | 0%
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| River in the Kuhurangi National Park | U | Ugly | 0%
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| Hill in the centre of Kahurangi National Park | X | Xenicus Peak | 0%
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| River in the north of Stewart Island | Y | Yankee | 0%
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