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New Zealand by Year - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 17 times
- The average score is 6 of 15
Answer Stats
| year | clue | answer | % Correct |
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| 1769 | the first European to land in New Zealand | James Cook | 94%
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| 1865 | the national capital moves from Auckland to this place | Wellington | 88%
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| 1642 | the first European to sight New Zealand | Abel Tasman | 82%
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| 1840 | this treaty, between Britain and NZ's Maori, is signed | Treaty of {Waitangi} | 82%
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| 1858 | Potatau I becomes the first of these | Maori king | 53%
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| 1864 | the Dobson brothers are the first Europeans to cross this alpine pass | Arthur's Pass | 41%
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| 1840 | the first Maori chief, of 540 who eventually signed | Hone Heke | 41%
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| 1853 | the first of these, now held every three years, was held | national election | 24%
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| 1881 | the Government sends in 1600 troops to shut down this Maori Taranaki settlement | Parihaka | 24%
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| 1862 | first telegraph line, connecting Christchurch to this nearby town, is opened | Lyttelton | 18%
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| 1863 | HMS Orpheus sinks in this harbour, killing 189 | Manukau | 18%
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| 1814 | this missionary gives the first Christmas service, on a Bay of Islands beach | Samuel Marsden | 12%
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| 1840 | the British governor who signed | William Hobson | 12%
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| 1859 | gold is discovered in this South Island river | Buller | 6%
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| 1883 | this Maori leader and guerilla fighter is pardoned | Te Kooti | 6%
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