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Clue
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Answer
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A
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NZ's indigenous name, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud
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Aotearoa
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B
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Parliament building nickname
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Beehive
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C
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First European to land in NZ, in 1769
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James Cook
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D
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The role Mount Ngaruhoe played in Lord of the Rings
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Mount Doom
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E
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Person who appears on all coinage
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Elizabeth II
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F
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Akaroa was settled by, and claimed for, this country in 1839
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France
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G
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National anthem: ___ Defend NZ
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God
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H
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Leading power generation source
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Hydro power
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I
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Frozen liquid snack on a stick
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Ice block
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J
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Oscar-winning film director
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Peter Jackson
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K
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Flightless bird, symbol of NZ
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Kiwi
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L
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2014 Grammy award-winning singer
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Lorde
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M
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Inuit is to Canada as ___ is to NZ
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Maori
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N
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Ships with these weapons were banned in 1987
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Nuclear
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O
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Steampunk capital of NZ; in South Island; pop 13,000
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Oamaru
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P
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Maori term for a white person
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Pakeha
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Q
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Tourist (and skiing) destination
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Queenstown
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R
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The sport NZ has won the most Olympic medals in
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Rowing
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S
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34,000,000 of these live here
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Sheep
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T
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Sea on its west coast
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Tasman
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U
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National sport: Rugby _____
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Union
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V
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Auckland is built on 50 of these
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Volcanoes
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W
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Capital city since 1865
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Wellington
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X
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Public holiday, observed Dec 25
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Xmas
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Y
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5-time Commonwealth games gold medallist, a NZ record
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Val Young
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Z
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Dutch province New Zealand was named after
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Zeeland
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