Nature
Maori
Sports
Symbols
Geography
100

What is a Kiwi?

A fruit that is brown on the outside and gold, red or green on the inside

100

What is the Maori name for a canoe?

Waka

100

What is the

100

What is an iconic childrens toy in Aotearoa/New Zealand?

Buzzy Bee

100

What is the name of the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island?

Foveaux Strait

200

What the Maori name for flax?

Harakeke

200

When did Maori arrive in Aotearoa/New Zealand?

1200-1400

200

What is the Maori word for sport?

Hakinakina

200

What is the Briscoes symbol?

House

200

What are the names of the braided rivers in Canterbury?

Waimakariri, Rakaia and Ashley

300

What is a destructive native mountain bird?

Kea

300

What is the Maori name for a place where people gather and where formal welcomes happen?

Marae

300

What is the Maori name for rugby?

Whutuporo

300

What is the Maori name for their flag?

Tino Rangatiratanga flag
300

What is New Zealand's only active marine volcano?

Whakaari/Whaite Island

400

What native brid killed moa?

Haast Eagle

400

Why don't Maori sit on tables?

It is unhygenic and table are tapu. Not sitting on tables is linked to tapu
400

Who is a famous Black Stick?

Gemma Flynn

400

What symbol is used on all Maori sports uniforms?

Silver Fern

400

How was the Port Hills and Benks Peninsula formed?

Series of volcanic eruptions

500

What is the English word for 'poroka'?

Frog

500

What is the name of the chin tattoo Maori women get?

Moko Kauae

500

Who wrote the All blacks haka 'Ka Mate'?

Te Rauparaha

500

What symbol is used for Linwood College?

Varying answers

500

What is an example of a volcanic rock in Aotearoa/New Zealand?

Pumice, scoria, basalt, obsidian