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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. What is the Māori name for New Zealand?

MatarikiWaitangiAotearoaRotorua

2. Which native New Zealand tree is known for its bright red flowers in summer?

TōtaraKauriRimuPōhutukawa

3. What is New Zealand's longest river?

The Whanganui RiverThe Manawatū RiverThe Clutha RiverThe Waikato River

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

KupeTasmanCookHobson

5. Which European explorer was the first to sight New Zealand, in 1642?

James CookAbel TasmanChristopher ColumbusFerdinand Magellan

6. Matariki became an official public holiday in New Zealand in which recent year?

2022200019901840

7. Which New Zealand town is famous for geothermal activity such as geysers and hot mud pools?

RotoruaNew PlymouthNelsonInvercargill

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

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

9. The Māori name for the South Island, Te Waipounamu, refers to what valuable stone often found there?

MarbleCoalPounamu, or greenstoneGold

10. Why do many New Zealand places have both an English name and a Māori name, such as Auckland and Tāmaki Makaurau?

Māori communities already had names for the land long before European settlers arrived and added their ownThe Māori names were invented recently for tourismThe two sets of names are unrelated and mean the same thing by coincidenceThe English names came first and the Māori names were translated from them

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