Complete Clue List
Across
2. KJ ____: NZ actor appearing in "Riverdale" US teen drama series
8. Maori author ____ Ihimaera published "Pounamu, Pounamu" (1972)
9. Physicist Ernest ____ was 1908 Nobel Chemistry laureate and element #104 was named after him
10. NZ's 40th Prime Minister: Jacinda ____
11. Be creative
14. NZ bass-baritone opera singer: ____ Te Wiata (1915-1971)
15. Not obvious
19. Brief endearment (Brit.)
20. "Understood!" (1,3)
21. Happening
22. Wharf
23. School URL letters
24. NZ musician ____ (1953-1998), lead vocalist of rock band "Dragon" (4,6)
27. NZ F1 driver Chris ____ (1943-2016) won 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Bruce McLaren
28. Microbiology subject
32. NZ's 29th Prime Minister ____ Kirk (1923-1974), died suddenly while in office
33. NZ cartoonist ____ (1939-2017), "Stanley the Paleolithic Hero" and "Footrot Flats" (6,4)
34. Artist Sir Mountford Tosswill "____" Woollaston (1910-1998), prominent NZ painter
35. Filmmaker ____ Tamahori: "Once Were Warriors" (1994) and "Die Another Day" (2002)
Down
1. Oceania country: Federated States of ____
2. Terrier type
3. Architectural and decorative style, 1890-1910 (3,7)
4. Spitting sound
5. Aviator ____ Batten (1909-1982), completed first solo flight England-NZ in 1936
6. Should that happen (2,4)
7. Half of the "Flight of the Conchords" musical comedy duo: ____ McKenzie
12. Bite from an animal or an alcoholic beverage
13. Consume
16. Masterful
17. NZ middle-distance runner Sir ____ (1938-2019), winner of three Olympic gold medals (5,5)
18. Dame ____ (1895-1982), NZ author, one of the "Queens of Crime" (5,5)
22. To square, agree (arch.)
24. Unruly crowd
25. Supplies
26. Maori word meaning "big" OR Rapa ____ (Easter Island)
29. Be next to
30. Actor and comedian ____ Darby, plays Murray Hewitt: "Flight of the Conchords" band manager
31. NZ-born ____ MacDiarmid (1927-2007), 2000 Nobel Chemistry laureate