This player scored the decisive second-half try in the 2015 Rugby World Cup final against Australia, capping off his legendary career.
Beauden Barrett
Released in 2011 by Mojang, this building game remains one of the best-selling video games of all time.
Minecraft
This body of water separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Cook Strait
Played by Ryan Reynolds, this wise-cracking Marvel superhero breaks the fourth wall.
Deadpool
This chemical element with atomic number 8 makes up about 21% of Earth's atmosphere.
Oxygen
Known as "The Kiwi Phenom," this basketball player was drafted 12th overall in the 2013 NBA Draft and plays centre.
Steven Adams
In Fortnite, this term refers to the moving border that damages players outside the safe area as the round progresses.
The Storm (or the Circle)
Signed on 6 February 1840, this document is widely considered New Zealand's founding document.
Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi)
This Kiwi film director directed Thor: Ragnarok
Taika Waititi
This law of physics states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Newton's Third Law of Motion
This Super Rugby franchise represents the upper South Island and wears red and black.
Crusaders
Created by Valve, this digital distribution platform is the main hub for buying and playing PC games.
Steam
Located in the central North Island, this active stratovolcano double-starred as Mount Doom in The Lord of the Rings.
Mount Ngauruhoe (or Mount Ruapehu / Tongariro National Park)
In Stranger Things, this terrifying alternate dimension sits parallel to the human world.
The Upside Down
This fundamental force holds us on the ground.
Gravity
This New Zealand motorsport star became a three-time Supercars champion before switching to NASCAR in the US.
Shane van Gisbergen (SVG)
This open-world RPG developed by CD Projekt Red features Geralt of Rivia as its main protagonist.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Named after an explorer, this is the highest mountain peak in New Zealand, standing at 3,724 meters.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
This American rapper released the critically acclaimed 2012 album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City and famously won a Pulitzer Prize.
Kendrick Lamar
Measured in hertz (Hz), this term describes the number of wave cycles that pass a point per second.
Frequency
In 1995, Sir Peter Blake and team Black Magic won Aotearoa's first-ever victory in this prestigious sailing trophy.
The America's Cup
In computer hardware, this component is often referred to as the "brain" of the computer.
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
This Maori chief famously cut down the British flagstaff at Kororāreka (Russell) four times in 1844–1845.
Hōne Heke
In The Lord of the Rings, this actor played Aragorn, the heir of Isildur.
Viggo Mortensen
Kiwi scientist won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his discoveries in radioactive decay.
Ernest Rutherford