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🥝 Aotearoa New Zealand, Land and Beginnings

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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. The kiwi is a type of what?

A type of fishA fruitA flightless birdA native tree

2. What is the Māori name for New Zealand?

AotearoaWaitangiMatarikiRotorua

3. The kauri is a kind of what?

A mountainA native treeA native birdA shellfish

4. What is Matariki?

A South Island lakeA cluster of stars that marks the Māori new yearA type of native birdA famous New Zealand mountain

5. New Zealand is made up mainly of how many main islands?

TwoFourOneThree

6. What is New Zealand's longest river?

The Clutha RiverThe Manawatū RiverThe Whanganui RiverThe Waikato River

7. What is New Zealand's tallest mountain?

Aoraki, Mount CookMount RuapehuMount TongariroMount Taranaki

8. Who is credited in tradition as one of the great early Polynesian navigators to reach Aotearoa?

HobsonKupeTasmanCook

9. Which pair correctly matches a key Treaty of Waitangi word in the Māori text with how the English text describes the same idea?

Kāwanatanga (governance) in the Māori text, described as 'sovereignty' in the English textRangatiratanga (chieftainship) in the Māori text, described as 'taxation' in the English textKāwanatanga (governance) in the Māori text, described as 'friendship' in the English textRangatiratanga (chieftainship) in the Māori text, described as 'religion' in the English text

10. The Māori name for the North Island, Te Ika-a-Māui, translates to what?

The mountain of MāuiThe land of MāuiThe canoe of MāuiThe fish of Māui

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