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What is NZ's highest mountain?
Mt Cook/Aoraki
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What was the day, month and year the Treaty of Waitangi was signed?
6th February 1840
100
What is the name of the NZ national men's basketball team?
The Tall Blacks
100
Who directed the "Lord of the Rings" films?
Peter Jackson
100
What is a tangi?
Funeral or Wake
200
What is NZ's largest inland city?
Hamilton
200
Which one of these people was neve Prime Minister; A Helen Clark B Jim Bolger C Peter Blake D David Lange
C Peter Blake
200
Brother and sister, Bruce and Barbara Kendall both won Olympic gold medals for which sport? A Squash B Swimming C Boardsailing D Diving
C - Boardsailing
200
in 2004, for what film was Keisha Castle-Hughes nominated for an Oscar?
Whale Rider"
200
Which NZ city host an annual Wild Foods Festival?
Hokitika
300
What is another name for Mt Taranaki?
Mt Egmount
300
Which NZ-bred horse won America's richest horse race in 1932?
Phar Lap
300
Who won 2 gold megals in athletics at the 1964 Olympics?
Peter Snell
300
Who wrote 'A Good Keen Man' & 'Hang on a Minute Mate'?
Barry Crump
300
What colour is Kikorangi?
Blue
400
What is the largest glacier in NZ?
Tasman Glacier (3km wide and 29km wide)
400
Which of these NZ disasters resulted in the most deaths? A 1995 Cave Creek platform collapse B 1953 Tangiwai Rail Disaster C 196 Wahine shipwrek D 1979 Air NZ Mt Erebus Crash
D 1979 Air NZ Mt Erebus Crash
400
What was the nickname of the NZ boat that won the America's Cup in 1995?
Black Magic
400
What is Katherine Mansfield famous for?
Writing short stories (writer)
400
Which birds, considered a delicacy by many Maori, are cuaght on their breeding grounds on islands near Stewart Island?
Muttonbirds
500
What is the anme of the sheer glaciated slab rising out of Mildford Sound?
Mitre Peak
500
Who was the first NZ Women to fly solo from England to NZ?
Jean Batten (in 1936)
500
What rugby event sparked riots throughout NZ in 1981?
The Springbok rugby tour of NZ
500
Who was the first NZ actor to win an Oscar?
Anna Paguin ( For her role in "The Piano". She was born in Canada and moved to NZ when she was 4)
500
After the signing of the Treaty fo Waitanig, William Hobson said "He iwi tahi tatou". What does this mean?
We are now one people
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