| year | hint | answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51 midday worshippers are killed by a lone Australian in this city | Christchurch | 83%
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| 2017 | She becomes New Zealand's third female prime minister | Jacinda Ardern | 83%
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| 2004 | He wins a best-director Academy Award for The Lord of the Rings | Peter Jackson | 75%
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| 2002 | This government-owned bank is established | Kiwibank | 67%
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| 2015 | This woman reaches the number 1 world golf ranking, aged 17 | Lydia Ko | 67%
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| 2008 | The winning party, led by John Key, of the 2008 general election | National | 67%
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| 2011 | New Zealand wins its second Rugby World Cup under this captain | Richie McCaw | 67%
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| 2010 | Coming-of-age movie, 3-letters long, about an 11 year-old from the East Coast | Boy | 58%
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| 2007 | This TV series, starring Jemaine and Bret, premieres in the US | Flight of the Conchords | 50%
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| 2016 | This north Canterbury earthquake closes State Highway 1, and the main railway, for a year | Kaikoura | 42%
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| 2009 | This Labour politician, later Auckland's mayor, has his first year as Opposition Leader | Phil Goff | 42%
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| 2005 | This province, which has won the most NPC rugby titles, wins again this year | Auckland | 33%
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| 2020 | Two referendums are held, one on legalising cannabis, the other on legalising ... | euthanasia | 33%
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| 2003 | This driver wins the first of his five IndyCar championships | Scott Dixon | 33%
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| 2014 | New Zealand's first cricket test triple century, 302 by Brendon McCullum, is scored here | Wellington | 33%
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| 2013 | This author (pictured) wins the Man Booker prize for her novel The Luminaries | Eleanor Catton | 17%
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| 2012 | 11 die when a hot-air balloon crashes near this Wairarapa town | Carterton | 8%
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| 2001 | This six-letter percussion group wins the classical category at NZ Music Awards | Strike | 8%
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| 2006 | This entrepeneur's autobiography, Jump Start, is published | AJ Hackett | 0%
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| 2018 | NZ wins its 2nd and 3rd medals, ever, at this sports event | Winter Olympics | 0%
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