Wonders of New Zealand
What destroyed most of Napier in 1931?
An earthquake
How many sheep are there for each person in New Zealand?
10 sheep
What is the most popular sport in New Zealand?
Rugby is the most popular sport.
How tall are the largest kangaroos?
They can grow to be 2.4 meters tall.
What famous movie trilogy did Peter Jackson direct?
He directed The Lord of the Rings.
How many volcanoes are there in Auckland?
There are 48 volcanoes there.
What percentage of people in New Zealand work on a farm?
Around 10 percent
In what year did Sydney host the Summer Olympics?
It hosted the Summer Olympics in 2000.
How fast can an emu run?
An emu can run 50 kilometers per hour.
What were Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay the first people to ever do in 1953?
They were the first people to climb Mount Everest.
What can you see in the Waitomo Caves?
The lights of small animals (glow worms) that make the roof of the cave look like a starry night sky
Roughly how many cows are there in New Zealand?
There are roughly 8 million cows.
What is the name of the Maori way of cooking?
It is called hangi.
How many kinds of kangaroos are there in Australia?
There are 50 kinds of kangaroos.
1880
How long is the Fox Glacier?
It is 13 kilometers long.
How long have people made wine in New Zealand?
For just over a hundred years
What do the All Blacks do before each game?
They do a Maori dance called a haka.
What does a tuatara use its 'third eye' for?
It uses it to wake itself up in the spring.
What event did Cathy Freeman win at the 2000 Olympics?
She won the 400-meter race.
How high is Sutherland Falls in Milford Sound?
Where are most of the forests of trees used for wood and paper in New Zealand?
In the center of the North Island
How old was Ian Thorpe when he started swimming for Australia in the Olympics?
He was fourteen years old.
How many kakapos are there in the world (as of the writing of the book)?
There are only eighty-six kakapos in the world.
In what year did Patrick White win the Nobel Prize for literature?
He won it in 1973.