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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 Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the British Crown and who?

Māori chiefsAustralian settlersDutch tradersFrench explorers

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

TōtaraRimuKauriPōhutukawa

3. The kiwi is a type of what?

A flightless birdA fruitA type of fishA native tree

4. What is a waka?

A meeting groundA weaponA type of houseA canoe

5. What is the Māori name for New Zealand?

MatarikiWaitangiRotoruaAotearoa

6. In which year was the Treaty of Waitangi first signed?

1840177019001907

7. Why are so many New Zealand birds flightless?

Flying uses too much water to drinkFor millions of years there were no land mammals to hunt themThey evolved from fish instead of other birdsNew Zealand has no trees to fly to

8. Which explorer charted New Zealand's coastline in detail, arriving in 1769?

Abel TasmanWilliam HobsonJames CookKupe

9. Which South Island city is nicknamed the 'Garden City'?

ChristchurchDunedinInvercargillNelson

10. Roughly how many Māori chiefs added their names to copies of the Treaty of Waitangi during 1840?

Every Māori person in the countryOnly twoNone, it was signed only by the GovernorSeveral hundred, across many hapū and iwi

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