Q 01/05

Auckland lies on which of New Zealand's islands?

A) North Island

B) South Island

C) Stewart Island

D) Chatham Island

Answer · why

A) North Island

North Island. About one in three New Zealanders lives in the Auckland region, and at the 2023 census the urban area alone outnumbered the whole South ...

Q 02/05

What is the Māori-language name for Auckland?

A) Te Whanganui-a-Tara

B) Tāmaki Makaurau

C) Ōtautahi

D) Kirikiriroa

Answer · why

B) Tāmaki Makaurau

Tāmaki Makaurau. It is often translated as 'Tāmaki desired by many' or 'Tāmaki of a hundred lovers', because so many tribes prized the isthmus for its...

Q 03/05

Auckland is popularly known by which nickname?

A) Harbour City

B) Windy City

C) City of Sails

D) Garden City

Answer · why

C) City of Sails

City of Sails. The city straddles an isthmus between two harbours, and it has hosted yachting's America's Cup three times, in 2000, 2003 and 2021.

Q 04/05

Which city replaced Auckland as New Zealand's capital in 1865?

A) Christchurch

B) Dunedin

C) Russell

D) Wellington

Answer · why

D) Wellington

Wellington. Members of Parliament could not agree on a more central capital, so the choice was handed to three commissioners from Australia, who picke...

Q 05/05

Auckland was named after which British statesman?

A) George Eden

B) Arthur Wellesley

C) William Lamb

D) Thomas Townshend

Answer · why

A) George Eden

George Eden. As First Lord of the Admiralty the Earl of Auckland had headed the navy in which the city's founder served as a captain; by 1840 he was G...