Geography
Te Reo
Migration
Tangata Whenua
Weekly Quiz
100

What is the closest land mass to New Zealand?

Australia

100

Whakaoriori

Masterton

100

What is migration?

The movement of people from one place to another

100

How did Polynesians travel to Aotearoa?

Double-hulled waka

100

Which music star is coming to New Zealand?

Ed Sheeran

200

How many regions are in New Zealand?

16

200

Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Wellington

200

Name 3 push factors

War, famine, poverty

200

Which bird went extinct?

Moa

200

New Zealand sent fire fighters to help which country? (B, C, SA)

Canada

300

What evidence do we have that all the continents were once together?

Fossils of plants and animals, the continents "fit together"

300
Ōtautahi

Christchurch

300

Name 3 pull factors

Jobs, family, safety

300

What did they use flightless birds for?

Food, fishhooks from their bones, and cloaks from their feathers.

300

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400

Name 3 continents

Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, North America, Oceania, Antarctica

400

Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa

The Pacific Ocean

400

Who was the first to migrate to New Zealand?

Kupe

400

How did they go extinct?

Overhunting, fires, rats

400

True or False: Failing to act on climate change could break international law.

True

500

What is the name of the super continent?

Pangea

500

Tūrangawaewae

The Place I Stand

500

What is external migration?

Moving from one country to another

500

What is a push factor for the first Māori arrivals?

Potential volcanic eruption, food shortages, overcrowding

500

Who is backing a project to bring back to Moa? (CL, TW, SPJ)

Sir Peter Jackson