Statistics for New Zealand by Year

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year	clue	answer	% Correct
1769	the first European to land in New Zealand	James Cook	91%
1865	the national capital moves from Auckland to this place	Wellington	91%
1642	the first European to sight New Zealand	Abel Tasman	73%
1840	this treaty, between Britain and NZ's Maori, is signed	Treaty of {Waitangi}	73%
1858	Potatau I becomes the first of these	Maori king	55%
1864	the Dobson brothers are the first Europeans to cross this alpine pass	Arthur's Pass	45%
1840	the first Maori chief, of 540 who eventually signed	Hone Heke	36%
1853	the first of these, now held every three years, was held	national election	27%
1881	the Government sends in 1600 troops to shut down this Maori Taranaki settlement	Parihaka	27%
1862	first telegraph line, connecting Christchurch to this nearby town, is opened	Lyttelton	18%
1863	HMS Orpheus sinks in this harbour, killing 189	Manukau	18%
1840	the British governor who signed	William Hobson	18%
1859	gold is discovered in this South Island river	Buller	9%
1814	this missionary gives the first Christmas service, on a Bay of Islands beach	Samuel Marsden	9%
1883	this Maori leader and guerilla fighter is pardoned	Te Kooti	9%