What do you know about New Zealand?

The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa.

What does it mean in English?

• Land of cloudy mountains• Land of the long white cloud• Land of the mountains of cloud• Land of the white cloud

AotearoaLand of the long white cloud

Which of these features does not describe New Zealand’s national

bird, the kiwi.

• Nocturnal• Low vision• Low hearing• Flightless

Low hearing(The kiwi is nocturnal, has poor

sight, and is flightless)

The most common street names in New Zealand are named after what?

• British politicians• British royalty • British explorers• British Towns

British royalty(The most common names are King

Street and Queen Street)

What is the main ingredient of the ANZAC biscuit?

• Dates• Rolled oats• Apple• Rice

Rolled oats (flocons d’avoine)

What is the southernmost area of New Zealand’s territory?

• South Island• Ross Dependency• Auckland Islands• Stewart Island

Ross Dependency

New Zealanders love to explore the world. Which country contains the

most expatriate kiwis?

• Australia • United States• England• Fiji

AustraliaCurrently 650,000 New Zealand

citizens live in Australia.

In which year did James Cook chart the coastline of New Zealand?

• 1592• 1840• 1642• 1769

1769This was the same year that French explorer Jean de Surville arrived in New Zealand, just behind the British.If he had arrived first, New Zealand history could have been very different…

When did New Zealand give women the vote?

• 1845• 1893• 1924• 1973

1893

Which New Zealander was the first person to climb Mount Everest?

• Sir Edmund Hilary• Sir William Birch• Sir Richard Hadlee• Sherpa Tenzing

Sir Edmund Hilarywith Tenzing Norgay in 1953

What is the name of New Zealand’s capital city?

• Auckland• Wellington• Russell• Christchurch

Wellingtonalthough Auckland is by far the

largest city.