How to Curry Favour With a Kiwi Quiz

Answer: False

The Maori arrived in New Zealand in the thirteenth century. Dutch Abel Tasman circumnavigated the two main islands in 1642, though the Portuguese may have sighted the land earlier. European colonisation was based on religious beliefs. There were no plans for what was to become New Zealand to become a British penal colony.

In 1813 some convicts from Australia 'migrated' to New Zealand to establish a sealing and whaling industry. In 1814 a religious mission led by Samuel Marsden set out from New South Wales to convert the Maori to Christianity and so protect them from the negative aspects of the whaling and sealing settlements. Marsden had a similar mission with convicts in Australia but his name was largely unknown in Australia.

However his name was predominant in early NZ colonisation history. New Zealand was administered by New South Wales until 1841 when it became a colony in its own right.

A British writer Edward Wakefield was very influential with plans for extensive British colonisation focused on a free labour system as opposed to the slavery in the United States and convict labour in Australia.

He proposed a government sponsored system (which was administered by The New Zealand Company) in which the price of farm land was set high to prevent urban workers leaving the labour market. In addition to this, there was a strong Christian culture reinforcement. Wellington, Nelson, Whanganui and Dunedin, New Plymouth and Christchurch were all settled under this scheme.

Answer: The Treaty of Waitangi

The treaty was written when British colonists were pressured by the Crown to establish a colony in New Zealand. Also some Maori leaders had asked the British for protection against the French. The Treaty was signed on February 6 1840.

There is a preamble and three articles in the Treaty. It is bilingual, with the Maori text translated from the English, but doubts exist today about the accuracy of the translation. Article one states "all rights and powers of sovereignty" to the Crown. Article two establishes the continued ownership of the Maori over their lands, and establishes the "exclusive right of pre-emption of the Crown". Article three gives Maori people full rights and protections as British subjects. The latter is significant. Note that Australian Aborigines did not enjoy similar status in Australia until 1967. Discrepancies between the language differences in the treaty led to the New Zealand Wars (formerly the Maori Wars) which were a series of armed conflicts in New Zealand from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand government and the Maori.

The Maori have a warrior-style identity but felt that their treaty with the British was not honoured by the British. Conversely, in Australia, the Aborigines appear to have more of a victim identity. They felt wronged by Christian missionaries and that their peaceful life in the country they loved was destroyed by the British. The Stolen Generations atrocities was only mediated partially by the National Sorry Day in 2008.

Answer: Mountainous with many volcanoes, lakes, fertile soil and the occasional glacier

Three of these options describe Australia. New Zealand appears small compared with its neighbour though New Zealand is the 75th largest country in the world with the North and South Island being the 14th and 12th largest islands in the world respectively.

New Zealand is on the Pacific Rim of Fire with many extinct, dormant and occasionally active volcanoes, many lakes, but few big rivers, and with extensive snow in the Alps of the South Island with glaciers and fjords in the south west. Rainfall is heavy on the west coast but the Alps protect the east coasts from a lot of the rain. Soil is fertile and well irrigated despite no big rivers.

Australia is flat by comparison; even the Great Dividing Range, which runs the entire length of the eastern seaboard, rarely gets above 3000 feet. Over 80% of the land is desert or semi-arid but the fertile coastal strip in the east and the south west are food bowls for agricultural production. There are few lakes but the occasional big river.

Answer: The ratio of sheep to people in NZ is higher than Australia

The wool industry was important historically to both countries as an agricultural product that could be shipped to Great Britain without spoilage in the early 1800s.
In 2018 Australia had an estimated population of just under 25 million compared with New Zealand's 2018 estimated population of almost five million.

Australia is second in the world in sheep population (75 million) behind China (152 million). New Zealand is seventh with thirty million. The ratio of sheep to people is 3:1 in Australia and 7:1 in NZ.

Australia and New Zealand are both equal first in meat exports accounting for two thirds of the world production. In terms of domestic consumption NZ is the third highest consumer of sheep meat behind Mongolia and Iceland whereas Australia is sixth.

China is the largest producer of wool, followed by Australia and New Zealand.

Answer: Rugby Union

In 2015 New Zealand won its third Rugby Union World Cup in beating Australia 34-17 in the final. It won the inaugural cup in 1987 and again in 2011. Australia could only manage two cup wins in this period in 1991 and 1999. In Rugby League New Zealand is only club that can occasionally beat the Australian team.
With the listed other options, these sports were all invented in Australia.

Answer: New Zealand won it for the third time

New Zealand won the America's Cup over USA in 1995. This was only the second time that the USA had lost the competition. New Zealand defended their title in 2000 and won it for the third time in 2017 defeating the USA 7-1 in Bermuda.
Australia has just the one victory in 1983.

Answer: The net migration of New Zealanders moving to Australia

In 1975-1982, 103 000 New Zealanders migrated permanently to Australia, arguably chasing a higher standard of living in Australia at the time. The quote given was the devilish response by the NZ Prime Minister when asked to comment on this migration. This migration slowed and by the turn of the century the net migration to Australia was a trickle.

Answer: True

New Zealand was indeed the first self-governing jurisdiction in the world to allow women to vote in 1893 though the colony of South Australia was not far behind in 1894 and Western Australia in 1899. Curiously when the six Australian countries formed a single country, the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, women could not vote in the inaugural federal election but were given the vote in 1902. When New Zealand became a sovereign nation in 1907, there were no changes: Women were allowed to continue to vote.

Interestingly, women in the US and the UK had to wait until after WWI to be eligible to vote.

Answer: Ingenuity and resourcefulness of New Zealanders

Number 8 wire is a 0.16"-diameter gauge of wire on the British Standard Wire Gauge. (even though NZ is now metric, 4.0mm wire doesn't mean anything to New Zealanders). The term reflects Kiwi ingenuity and resourcefulness, a can-do attitude and ability to think laterally.

It stems from the isolation of New Zealand; in the 1800s England was a long way to travel for dedicated equipment and spare parts. The early settlers used Number 8 wire, the wire used for sheep fencing so it was readily available.

Many things were fixed with this product. Improvisation was necessity. In time it became a symbol of New Zealand's ability to overcome adversity. Edmund Hilary, Everest mountaineer, Bruce McClaren, world class racing car driver, Richard Pease, first British (as new Zealanders were called in 1903) person to fly a powered aircraft and Burt Munro, motorcycle speed record holder are all New Zealanders who overcame adversity and all referred to number 8 wire as a token of their struggles to overcome adversity.

Answer: Keith Urban went to primary school in New Zealand but high school in Australia

Russell Crowe was born in New Zealand but has spent most of his life in Australia. In 2015 he was refused Australian citizenship. He said at the time he was considered an Australian treasure and he was the only person besides the Queen, born outside of Australia, to feature on an Australian stamp.

There had been fights about the nationality of the Crowded House rock group throughout its 30 year career. Neil Finn, front-man lead singer and guitarist was the one constant band member and he was born and still lives in NZ. The two other founding members were Australians Paul Hester and Nick Seymour.

Keith Urban was born in Whangarei, New Zealand where he attended school until he was 15. He then moved with his parents to Caboolture, north of Brisbane where he started on a country music career. He married Australian Nicole Kidman in 2006 and holds Australian citizenship.

The Pavlova dessert was believed to have been created in honour of the ballerina Anna Pavlova during or after a tour to Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s. Both claim the recipe for its own though it may have had its origins in the USA or even Austria. The dessert, a fruit and cream filling in a meringue casing, is still very popular in both countries.