Aotearoa NZ Histories Quiz

What year was Te Tiriti o Waitangi signed?

• 1835

• 1840

• 1841

• 1850

Who was the first Māori chief to sign Te Tiriti o Waitangi?

• Te Wherowhero

• Hongi Hika

• Tāmati Wāka Nene

• Hōne Heke Pōkai

Who was the British representative who signed the Treaty of Waitangi?

• James Busby

• Henry Williams

• William Hobson

• Governor Grey

Who was the first Māori king?

• Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

• Hōngi Heke Pōkai

• Te Rauparaha

• Matutaera Tāwhiao

What year did women get the right to vote in New Zealand?

• 1903

• 1913

• 1893

• 1899

Who led the first European expedition to New Zealand?

• Abel Tasman

• James Cook

• James Busby

• William Hobson

What was the name of the first European settlement established in New Zealand?

• Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau)

• Russell (Kororāreka)

• Hokianga

• Gisborne (Tūranganui-a-Kiwa)

What is the name of the legendary Polynesian explorer who is said to have discovered New Zealand?

• Maui

• Tupaia

• Kupe

• Tāneatua

What was the name of the Tahitian navigator who guided James Cook to New Zealand?

• Kupe

• Maui

• Taneatua

• Tupaia

Where was the first capital of New Zealand?

• Kororāreka (Russell)

• Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)

• Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington)

• Ōtepoti(Dunedin)