What bird is the national symbol of New Zealand and also the nickname of its people?

What explorer helped establish a New Zealand connection with Europeans in 1769 and is credited with mapping the country?

New Zealand was once part of the same colony as what country until 1841 and also is written into its Constitution as a prospective state?

What is the capital city of New Zealand?

What movie triology was filmed entirely in New Zealand?

New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote in what year? [Hint: it was 27 years before the U.S. passed the 19th Amendment, granting that right to women]

What fitness company is based in New Zealand?

What South Island city in New Zealand, known as the Garden City, suffered a deveasting earthquake in 2011 that killed 185 and wounded thousands?

What is the most popular sport in New Zealand, featuring a national team called the All Blacks?

What World War I amphibious battle, disastrously planned by Allied leadership, formed the ANZAC spirit, a never-give-up attitude that became the shared identiy of New Zealand soldiers?

What New Zealand actress played Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess?