Statistics for New Zealand Geography by Letter - T

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clue	answer	% Correct
New Zealand's largest lake, also the large town on its northern shore	Taupo	100%
Largest North Island T city, pop 142,000	Tauranga	68%
What lake is pictured, as seen from the Church of the Good Shepherd?	Lake {Tekapo}	42%
Largest South Island T city, pop 29,000	Timaru	42%
New Zealand's first national park, centred on Mt Ruapehu	Tongariro	42%
Once the North Shore's main city, now simply an Auckland suburb	Takapuna	32%
The Maori name for Auckland	{Tāmaki} Makaurau	32%
Coromandel town that was double its present size during the 1870s gold rush	Thames	32%
Arguably NZ's most major marae (Maori meeting ground), in Ngaruawahia	{Turanga}waewae	32%
The bay on which Nelson sits	{Tasman} Bay	26%
Central North Island forestry town, near the Kinleith mill	Tokoroa	21%
Volcano near Rotorua that erupted massively in 1886	Mt {Tarawera}	16%
Largest town in Golden Bay	Takaka	16%
Railway town midway between Te Kuiti and Ohakune	Taumarunui	5%
Highest peak in the Kaikoura Ranges	Tapuae-o-Uenuku	0%