1 = c
Mt Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. 2 = a
New Zealand was once part of the super-continent Gondwana. 80 million years ago New
Zealand drifted away from all the other countries which had been part of Gondwana.
3 = d
The Waikato River starts at lake Taupo and enters the sea on the west coast at Port
Waikato, just a little south of South Auckland.
4 = b
Mt Ruapehu is the highest point in the North Island. It snows on the volcano in winter, so
people go there to ski.
5 = a
The Kermadec Islands are surrounded by New Zealand’s largest marine reserve.
6 = b
Tongariro became a national park in 1887. The mountain peaks of the mountains Ruapehu,
Tongariro and Ngauruhoe were gifted by Ngati Tuwharetoa to be given national park status
in 1887, 15 years after the world’s first national park, Yellowstone in the United
States.
7 = d
Hauroko is the deepest lake in New Zealand. It is near the bottom of the South Island.
8
= b
Lake Taupo, in the centre of the North Island, is New Zealand’s largest lake.
9 = b
Te Ika a Maui is the Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand. It means ‘The
fish of Maui’.
10 = a
What a trick question – Wellington is in the North Island but it is not the furthest
north, Abel Tasman National Park is. Check out an atlas to see for yourself. |
