Statistics for New Zealand Geography by Letter - W

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clue	answer	% Correct
The nation's capital city	Wellington	94%
European settlers and Maori signed the landmark 1840 treaty here	Waitangi	67%
This popular tourist destination erupted in 2019, killing 22 day-trippers	Whakaari / {White} Island	61%
Northernmost city	Whangarei	56%
Tourist town on a lake of the same name, 50km north of Queenstown	Wanaka	39%
City formerly known as Wanganui	Whanganui	39%
Queenstown is the largest town on this lake's shore	Lake {Wakatipu}	33%
The Auckland Harbour Bridge crosses this	{Waitemata} Harbour	33%
Appropriately-named town on South Island's West Coast	Westport	33%
Coromandel Peninsula town on Mercury Bay	Whitianga	28%
The town from which day trips to White Island used to operate	Whakatane	22%
This large lake in the Urewera ranges takes 4 days to walk around	Lake {Waikaremoana}	17%
Gold-mining town that borders Coromandel and Bay of Plenty	Waihi	17%
Town on Mahurangi River, 45 minutes drive north of Auckland	Warkworth	11%
Kauri forest that is home to Tane Mahuta, a 2000-year old tree	{Waipoua} Forest	6%