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Approximately how long is NZ's coastline?

• 500 km

• 15,000 km

• 50,000 km

• 100,000 km

Who was NZ's Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War 2?

• Peter Fraser

• Michael Savage

• Norman Kirk

• Sidney Holland

Which town centre was submerged when the Clyde Dam created lake Dunstan?

• Cromwell

• Arrowtown

• Ashburton

• Hanmer Springs

What is the town where the Waipa and Waikato rivers join together?

• Port Waikato

• Taupo

• Te Awamutu

• Ngaruawahia

What is the name of the ocean on the EAST of New Zealand?

• Pacific

• Indian

• Atlantic

• Tasman

What major river flows through Kyiv in Ukraine?

• Danube

• Dnieper

• Vistula

• Tagus

How many minutes does it take for the International Space Station to orbit the Earth?

• 150 minutes

• 90 minutes

• 180 minutes

• 120 minutes

Finished in 1959, how long did the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge take?

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

• 8 years

Which place in Taranaki was the site of a large scale PASSIVE resistance by Māori against the government forces in 1881?

• Patea

• Waitara

• Parihaka

• Hāwera

What does the Māori word Rangatira mean?

• Treasured possession

• Place

• person of chiefly rank, boss

• the art and practise of speech-making