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100

This North Island city is the capital of New Zealand, home to the Beehive and Te Papa museum.

What is Wellington?

100

In this year, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs. 

What is 1840?


100

Released in 1984 by the Pātea Māori Club, this song became New Zealand's unofficial anthem and the first Māori-language song to top the chart.

What is Poi E?

100

The movie featuring characters Ricky Baker and Uncle Hec became the highest-grossing local film in the New Zealand box office.

What is Hunt for the Wilderpeople?

100

The Giant flightless bird species native to New Zealand became extinct around 600 years ago after human arrival.

What is the Moa?

200

Known as the "Garden City", this South Island hub is the largest city in the South Island.

What is Christchurch?

200

The historic member of the Royal Family that can be found on the $20 note

Who is Queen Elizabeth II?

200

Ella Yelich-O'Connor is the real name of this internationally famous Kiwi singer who topped global charts with her hit song "Royals" in 2013

Who is Lorde?

200

The town in New Zealand would you be able to get a Hobbiton set tour

Where is Matamata?

200
New Zealand's tallest building.

What is the Sky tower?

300
This North Island city was largely destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1931 and was rebuilt in a famous Art Deco style

What is Napier?

300

In 1893, New Zealand made international history by becoming the first country to grant women this right

What is the right to vote?

300

The name of the women's national Netball team who have won 5 world championships.

Who are the Silver Ferns?

300

Set in the fictional suburb of Ferndale, what is New Zealand’s longest-running prime-time TV soap opera.

What is Shortland Street?

300

The world-famous type of New Zealand honey, produced by bees foraging on native Leptospermum scoparium bushes, is renowned globally for its natural antibacterial and medicinal properties?

What is Mānuka Honey?

400

Situated at the top of the South Island, this sunny city is the oldest official city in the South Island, established in 1841.

What is Nelson?

400

The thing that Sir Edmund Hilary is historically famous for.

What is being the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

400

The player who leads the All Blacks point leaderboard with 1598 points.

Who is Dan Carter?

400

The famous New Zealand focused 1994 movie, based on an Alan Duff novel and directed by Lee Tamahori, starred Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison as Beth and Jake Heke?

What is Once Were Warriors 

400

The two specific topping combination that turns an ordinary beef burger into a classic "Kiwi Burger" in New Zealand fast food culture (name both)

What is Beetroot and an egg?

500

Named after a Scottish city, which South Island city boasts the steep Baldwin Street and a clear heritage to Scottish settlement.

Where is Dunedin? 

500

Which famous New Zealand scientist won the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his work splitting the atom. (Hint: He is on a NZ bank note)

Who is Ernest Rutherford?

500

In what sport do the Stags, Aces, and Firebirds play in.

What is cricket?

500

The Wellington-based visual effects company founded by Sir Peter Jackson, Sir Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk has won multiple Academy Awards for digital effects on blockbuster films?

What is Wētā FX? (or Wētā Digital)

500

The number of sheep (within 3 million) recorded in New Zealand in 2024.

What is 23.6 million sheep?

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