Vocabulary for New Zealand
Across
- 4. New Zealand word used for friend. Usually is used to refer to male friends, not female friends.
- 5. People who came to northern New Zealand 1,000 years ago from the Pacific Islands, who used to hunt a flightless bird called the moas.
- 6. New Zealand's main industrial center.
- 7. Body of water that seperates the North Island from the South Island.
- 11. This fruit is New Zealand's largest produce.
- 12. Long, narrow body of water (inlet) with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial erosion.
- 14. Large production of goods that reduces the production cost of each item, since population is small.
- 15. Longest river in New Zealand, running for 264 miles through the North Island.
- 16. Ring area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
- 17. A fresh fruit, and pavlova, a cream dish is the national dessert.
- 18. Northwestern most tip of the Aupouri Peninsula, in the northern end of North Island.
- 19. Rubber, slip-on sandal with two straps joining between the big and second toe.
Down
- 1. New Zealand's largest lake surface area lake it was formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption.
- 2. A legendary Maori hero who fished seven canoes from the sea.
- 3. The leading city in finance, politics, and population.
- 7. Southern coast of New Zealand's North Island and is the southernmost point of North Island.
- 8. The Maori word for hello at any time of the day and is a common way to greet and say "thank you" amongst all New Zealanders.
- 9. Fifty five mile beach far north on the western coast of North Island and has large sand dunes which make it look like a desert landscape.
- 10. Plants and animals that developed in the isolated areas and are unique only to that specific location.
- 13. Large bay on the eastern coast of the North Island that stretches about 60 miles from Mahia Peninsula in northeast to Cape Kidnappers in southwest.