Statistics for North Island... or South Island?

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Question	Answer	% Correct
The Treaty of Waitangi signed here on 6 February 1840	North Island	94%
NZ's coldest ever temperature, -26° C, recorded on 18 July 1903	South Island	94%
Is more populous	North Island	91%
Location of all three of New Zealand's capital cities	North Island	88%
The highest peak, Aoraki / Mt Cook, is here	South Island	88%
Is larger	South Island	79%
Captain James Cook's 1769 expedition makes landfall here, becoming the first European visitors to New Zealand	North Island	76%
The first commercial bungy jump operation operates here	South Island	74%
New Zealand's largest lake, Lake Taupo, is here	North Island	71%
Was known as Middle Island until 1907	South Island	71%
The Interislander ferry departs from Picton on this island	South Island	65%
Its other official name is Te Waipounamu, meaning Waters of Greenstone	South Island	62%
Mt Ngauruhoe, (Mt Doom in the Lord of the Rings movies), is here	North Island	56%
NZ's hottest ever temperature, 42° C, recorded on 7 February 1973	South Island	32%
First public railway is built in 1863	South Island	26%