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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 native treeA flightless bird

2. The kauri is a kind of what?

A native treeA native birdA shellfishA mountain

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

William HobsonKupeAbel TasmanJames Cook

4. Which of these is a large, critically endangered, flightless native parrot?

KererūKākāpōTūīPūkeko

5. What is New Zealand's longest river?

The Manawatū RiverThe Clutha RiverThe Whanganui RiverThe Waikato River

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

RotoruaNew PlymouthNelsonInvercargill

7. What is a pā?

A carved walking stickA fortified Māori village, often built on a hillA traditional songA type of native fish

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

ChristchurchDunedinNelsonInvercargill

9. Tradition says Rotorua's name comes from Māori words roughly meaning what?

Great harbourSecond lakeLong white cloudWeeping waters

10. What did the Treaty of Waitangi's third article promise to Māori?

Ownership of all Crown landThe same rights and protections as British subjectsA permanent seat in parliament for every iwiFree passage to Britain for every family

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