| description | city/town | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Avon River flows through this, Canterbury's largest city | Christchurch | 91%
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| The Prime Minister's offices, nicknamed the Beehive, are here | Wellington | 89%
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| Rangitoto, a volcano, is in its harbour | Auckland | 64%
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| Nicknamed "Palmy" by its locals | Palmerston North | 63%
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| Napier's twin city | Hastings | 57%
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| The world's easternmost city, the first each day to see the sun | Gisborne | 56%
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| The last 20 years were spent debating whether its name has an h in it | Whanganui | 54%
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| The South Island terminal of the Cook Strait ferry from Wellington | Picton | 52%
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| In Maori, it means Two Lakes | Rotorua | 52%
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| NZ's westernmost city, inappropriately in Southland | Invercargill | 51%
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| Where the Grey River meets the sea | Greymouth | 50%
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| Where the Treaty of Waitangi was most famously signed | Waitangi | 50%
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| The Centre of New Zealand, a hill, is in this South Island city | Nelson | 48%
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| NZ's northernmost city, appropriately in Northland | Whangarei | 48%
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| Largest town on the shore of Lake Te Anau | Te Anau | 44%
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| Marlborough's capital | Blenheim | 42%
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| Western port, named after a southern English port | New Plymouth | 42%
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| In 1900 the 2nd largest town in NZ (after Dunedin), near Coromandel | Thames | 33%
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| This town's streets are appropriately named after Shakespeare's characters | Stratford | 16%
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| Home town of King Country rugby team, and rugby great Colin Meads | Te Kuiti | 15%
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