Vocabulary for New Zealand

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Across
  1. 4. New Zealand word used for friend. Usually is used to refer to male friends, not female friends.
  2. 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.
  3. 6. New Zealand's main industrial center.
  4. 7. Body of water that seperates the North Island from the South Island.
  5. 11. This fruit is New Zealand's largest produce.
  6. 12. Long, narrow body of water (inlet) with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial erosion.
  7. 14. Large production of goods that reduces the production cost of each item, since population is small.
  8. 15. Longest river in New Zealand, running for 264 miles through the North Island.
  9. 16. Ring area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
  10. 17. A fresh fruit, and pavlova, a cream dish is the national dessert.
  11. 18. Northwestern most tip of the Aupouri Peninsula, in the northern end of North Island.
  12. 19. Rubber, slip-on sandal with two straps joining between the big and second toe.
Down
  1. 1. New Zealand's largest lake surface area lake it was formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption.
  2. 2. A legendary Maori hero who fished seven canoes from the sea.
  3. 3. The leading city in finance, politics, and population.
  4. 7. Southern coast of New Zealand's North Island and is the southernmost point of North Island.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 10. Plants and animals that developed in the isolated areas and are unique only to that specific location.
  8. 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.