Knowledge Check!

32% of New Zealanders identify with this religion

The first European explorer to sight New Zealand on 13 December 1642, a sea situated between Australia and New Zealand is named after him.

Ka pai means ______

Bach/crib means ___________

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

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

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.

This is the Māori name for the cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades. It rises in mid-winter – late May or early June

This is a traditional New Zealand Maori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven

The ______ were nine species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand

Whanau means __________

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.

Kia ora means _______

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

She’ll be right means _____________

A four Day action packed event that started in 1975. The Festival was born when a group of clever locals thought the arrival of snow was a great excuse for a party.

Hard yakka means ___________

New Zealand is described as a _________ of cultures, rather than a melting pot, because people are encouraged to keep their cultural and religious identity