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New Zealand Politics Trivia Quiz

New Zealand has an interesting though short political history. Here are some questions to see if you know much about what happens in Wellington between elections.

A multiple-choice quiz by camboy. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
camboy

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
102,403

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
659

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was New Zealand's finance minister from 1990-1993? Hint

Ruth Richardson

Don Brash

Roger Douglas

Bill Birch

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was New Zealand's first Labour Party Prime Minister? Hint

Wallace Rowling

David Lange

Michael Joseph Savage

Norman Kirk

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the former name of the Green Party? Hint

Values Party

Socialist Environment Action

Environment Party

Green Left Party

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was New Zealand's Prime Minister from 1975-1984? Hint

Norman Kirk

Jim Bolger

Wallace Rowling

Robert Muldoon

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Party did Sir Roger Douglas co-form with Derek Quigley in 1994? Hint

Libertarianz

ACT

National

New Zealand First

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who was New Zealand's foreign affairs minister from 1999- Hint

Jim Anderton

Helen Clark

Phil Goff

Doug Kidd

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the controversial series of economic reforms carried out by Sir Roger Douglas called?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was New Zealand's first elected woman Prime Minister? Hint

Kate Sheppard

Rith Richardson

Helen Clark

Jenny Shipley

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who Was New Zealand's Prime MInister from 1989-1990? Hint

David Lange

Sir Geoffery Palmer

Mike Moore

Jim Bolger

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the former New Zealand prime minister who was chairman of the World Trade Organisation from 1999-2002? Hint

David Lange

Sir Roger Douglas

Mike Moore

Jim Bolger

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was New Zealand's finance minister from 1990-1993?

Answer: Ruth Richardson

Ruth Richardson continued the reforms from the previous Labour Government. Her reforms included benefit cuts, deregulating the Labour market and Corporatising public hospitals.

2. Who was New Zealand's first Labour Party Prime Minister?

Answer: Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage was the New Zealand Prime Minister from 1935-1940. He introduced the policy of a welfare state.

3. What was the former name of the Green Party?

Answer: Values Party

The Values Party became defunct for a few years and then was revived as the Green Party in 1990.

4. Who was New Zealand's Prime Minister from 1975-1984?

Answer: Robert Muldoon

Called a snap election when he was drunk and ruined New Zealand's economy by refusing to devalue currency and with over spending on "think big" energy projects.

5. Which Party did Sir Roger Douglas co-form with Derek Quigley in 1994?

Answer: ACT

ACT stood for the Association of Consumers and Taxpayers. ACT is New Zealand's free market party.

6. Who was New Zealand's foreign affairs minister from 1999-

Answer: Phil Goff

Phil Goff has been in Parliament since the 1980's but had a short break in the early 1990's to lecture political studies at the Auckland Instituite of Technology. He is the MP for Mount Roskill.

7. What was the controversial series of economic reforms carried out by Sir Roger Douglas called?

Answer: Rogernomics

Rogernomics included: The removing of subsidies, the corporatisation and selling off of state owned assets, the floating of the NZ dollar and removing of all trading tariffs and import restrictions.

8. Who was New Zealand's first elected woman Prime Minister?

Answer: Helen Clark

Helen Clark had been in Parliament since the 1980s as the Labour MP for Mt Albert in Auckland. In 1994 she became leader of the Labour Party and was elected to government in the November 1999 elections.

Jenny Shipley was the first woman to hold the office of PM, from December 1997 to December 1999, but she only inherited the position after replacing Jim Bolger as leader of the National Party.

9. Who Was New Zealand's Prime MInister from 1989-1990?

Answer: Sir Geoffery Palmer

Became Prime Minister after the resignation of David Lange.

10. Who was the former New Zealand prime minister who was chairman of the World Trade Organisation from 1999-2002?

Answer: Mike Moore

Was Prime Minister of New Zealand for 8 weeks in 1990. Was President of the WTO during the Seattle protests of 1999.

Source: Author camboy

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