A-Z New Zealand Towns and Cities

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1. A: What is the name of New Zealand's largest city, named after an obscure Englishman? Answer: (8 letters)

2. B: What is the main town of the Marlborough region of the South Island? Balclutha Blenheim Bluff Bunnythorpe

3. C: What is the name of the largest city in the South Island? Canterbury Christchurch Culverden Cromwell

4. D: Which city is known as the "Edinburgh of the South" and is the second largest city of the South Island? Answer: (7 letters)

5. E: What is the name of a small Wairarapa (North Island) town reputed to be the quietest in New Zealand? Eketahuna Eltham Edendale Egmont Village

6. F: What is the first town you come to if you drive over the Rimutaka Hill Road from Wellington? Five Forks Foxton Featherston Fielding

7. G: The easternmost city in New Zealand touts itself as "the first city in the world to see the sun." What is its name? Greymouth Greerton Greytown Gisborne

8. H: What is the name of the largest inland city in New Zealand? Huntly Hunterville Hawera Hamilton

9. I: What is the southernmost city in New Zealand? Inglewood Island Bay Innisfail Invercargill

10. J: There is only one town in New Zealand beginning with J. It is a small community on the Wanganui River. What is its name? Johnsonville Jackson Bay Jerusalem Judgeford

11. K: The "mural town" in the Bay of Plenty region is a haven for painters and artists. What is its name? Kaitaia Katikati Kaikohe Kawakawa

12. L: What is the name of the port town for the city of Christchurch? Leeston Lyttelton Liverpool Linden

13. M: What is the beach resort in the Bay of Plenty across the harbour from the city of Tauranga? Mount Maunganui Matamata Morrinsville Mosgiel

14. N: What city was the home of Sir Ernest Rutherford, the scientist who first "split the atom"? New Plymouth Napier New Brighton Nelson

15. O: What is the central North Island town with a Kiwi House? Otorohanga Otahuhu Onehunga Orewa

16. P: What town is world famous in New Zealand because it has a soft drink named after it? Pukekohe Paengaroa Paeroa Porirua

17. Q: Which tourist resort in the South Island, famous for skiing, a gondola, jet boating and golf? Answer: (10 letters)

18. R: Which city is the home of geysers, boiling mud pools and a beautiful lake, and is situated near the centre of the North Island? Raetihi Ranfurly Rongotai Rotorua

19. S: Which town is situated on the slopes of Mt Taranaki (formerly called Mt Egmont) in the North Island? Sydenham Stratford Shirley Sumner

20. T: What is the name of the small country town in the Thames Valley region of the North Island, situated at the base of a mountain bearing the same name? Te Aroha Te Kauwhata Te Awamutu Te Puke

21. U: What is the northernmost city in greater Wellington called? Answer: (2 words (5,4))

22. W1: As New Zealand has no towns or cities beginning with V, X, Y or Z, here is the first of four W questions! What is the capital city of New Zealand? Answer: (10 letters)

23. W2: What is the name of the town in the centre of the North Island, situated on the Desert Road, and is home to a large army base? Waverley Wairoa Waipawa Waiouru

24. W3: What is the name of the gold mining town in the Coromandel/Thames Valley area? Wyndham Waipukurau Waihi Waikanae

25. W4: This North Island city was where the world mile record was broken on a grass track in 1962 by Peter Snell. What's its name? Wanganui Whangarei Woodville Waitara