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⚖️ Aotearoa New Zealand Histories, Years 7 to 10

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. In 1935 which political party won power in New Zealand for the first time and went on to build the country's welfare state?

The Labour PartyThe Green PartyThe Reform PartyThe National Party

2. In which year did New Zealand law declare the country a nuclear free zone?

1987189319451918

3. What was the main issue behind the 1951 waterfront dispute?

A dispute over wages between waterside workers and their employersA dispute over land ownershipA disagreement about voting rightsA protest against a foreign sports tour

4. In which year did the New Zealand government formally apologise for the Chinese poll tax?

1881195120021934

5. Roughly how much higher was the Māori death rate than the non Māori death rate during the 1918 influenza pandemic?

About seven times higherAbout the sameAbout twenty times lowerAbout half as high

6. Roughly how much land was confiscated under the New Zealand Settlements Act 1863?

All of the South IslandNo land at all, it was only ever proposedA few hundred acres near Auckland onlyMore than three million acres, across Waikato, Taranaki and other districts

7. What happened to Parihaka's leaders, Te Whiti o Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi, after the 1881 invasion?

They were arrested and imprisoned without trialThey were made government ministersThey were paid compensation immediatelyNothing happened to them at all

8. Why was the Kīngitanga formed in the 1850s?

To organise the gold rushTo build New Zealand's first railwayTo create a new national rugby teamTo unite tribes under one leader and help protect Māori land from further sale

9. New Zealand's declaration of war on Germany in September 1939 differed from 1914 in what way?

New Zealand only sent food supplies, not soldiersNew Zealand refused to join the war at allNew Zealand declared war a year before BritainNew Zealand formally declared war in its own right, rather than automatically joining Britain's declaration

10. In the 1951 waterfront dispute, why did the union describe the situation as a lockout while employers called it a strike?

The dispute had nothing to do with pay or hoursWorkers refused only overtime, and were then barred from all work, rather than walking off the job entirelyWorkers demanded a pay cut and employers refusedThere was no disagreement, both sides used the same word

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