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TRUE or FALSE - It is not common for extended family to live with each other in the same household. Once married, it is normal for a couple to move into their own home together to start a family of their own.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE - Many New Zealanders does not choose to rent a house, they prefer to purchase a home due to the high average house prices.
False, they prefer renting than buying
32% of New Zealanders identify with this religion
Christianity
New Zealand is described as a _________ of cultures, rather than a melting pot, because people are encouraged to keep their cultural and religious identity
Fruit bowl
This is a traditional New Zealand Maori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven
Hangi
Hard yakka means ___________
hard work
Bach/crib means ___________
Vacation or holiday home
She’ll be right means _____________
Everything will be fine
Whanau means __________
Family, usually extended
Kia ora means _______
Hi/Hello
Ka pai means ______
All good/well done
25 April is the day that is set aside in memory of those who fought for Australia & New Zealand and those who lost their lives fighting World War I
ANZAC Day
The first European explorer to sight New Zealand on 13 December 1642, a sea situated between Australia and New Zealand is named after him.
Abel Tasman
The ______ were nine species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand
Moa bird
He was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. Him and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. He is on the $5 nzd
Sir Edmund Hillary
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the________, have played 50 matches in the eight Rugby World Cup tournaments from 1987 to 2015
All Blacks
