North Island... or South Island? - Statistics

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  • The average score is 12 of 15
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Question Answer % Correct
The Treaty of Waitangi signed here on 6 February 1840 North Island
100%
Location of all three of New Zealand's capital cities North Island
100%
The highest peak, Aoraki / Mt Cook, is here South Island
100%
Is more populous North Island
91%
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupo, is here North Island
91%
NZ's coldest ever temperature, -26° C, recorded on 18 July 1903 South Island
91%
Is larger South Island
82%
The first commercial bungy jump operation operates here South Island
82%
The Interislander ferry departs from Picton on this island South Island
82%
Was known as Middle Island until 1907 South Island
82%
Its other official name is Te Waipounamu, meaning Waters of Greenstone South Island
73%
Captain James Cook's 1769 expedition makes landfall here, becoming the first European visitors to New Zealand North Island
64%
NZ's hottest ever temperature, 42° C, recorded on 7 February 1973 South Island
55%
Mt Ngauruhoe, (Mt Doom in the Lord of the Rings movies), is here North Island
45%
First public railway is built in 1863 South Island
36%
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