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  2cheap on 06/01/2026 - 08:57

  +3

  I'll post questions and (A.I) answers whenever I get the chance, likely every 4 or so days.

  Jan01
  1. Which 1162km-long State Highway has its northern end at Blenheim?
  2.The 2016 New Zealand film Hunt for the Wilderpeople is based on a novel called Wild Pork and Watercress. Who was the author?
  3. Which former Prime Minister played the narrator in a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show?

  State Highway 6
  Barry Crump
  Sir Robert Muldoon

  Jan02
  1. The takahe, thought to have been extinct for 50 years, was rediscovered in which national park in 1948?
  2. How many different Prime Ministers has New Zealand had this century?
  3. What wasn’t sold in Oamaru between 1906 and 1960?

  Fiordland National Park
  6
  Alcohol

  Jan03
  1. Where are the largest thermal springs in the South Island?
  2. What’s the link between a popular black and white boiled lolly and the place credited as the birthplace of the New Zealand Labour Party?
  3. Who had a No.1in the UK and US in 2013, and won two awards at the 2014 Grammys?

  Hanmer Springs
  Blackball
  Lorde

  Jan04
  1. What is New Zealand’s largest harbour, covering 947 sq km?
  2. Who was the first New Zealand singer or group to have an Australian No.1?
  3. The insect officially called Arachnocampa Luminosa is a tourist attraction. What's it better known as?

  Kaipara Harbour
  Johnny Devlin
  Glowworm

  Jan05
  1. Sutherland Falls, New Zealand’s highest waterfall, can be visited by trampers on which of the Great Walks?
  2. State Highway 35 was the subject of a song, mostly in te reo Maori, which made the charts in 2021. Where is SH35?
  3. Who had seven sons, all called Trevor?

  The Milford Track
  The East Coast
  Fred Dagg

  Jan06
  1. Its Maori name is titipounamu and it is New Zealand’s smallest bird. What is its English name?
  2. What is our smallest national park, about 2% of the size of the largest park, Fiordland?
  3. Which 2016 Taika Waiti film holds the record for highest earnings at the NZ box office?

  Rifleman
  Abel Tasman National Park
  Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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  2cheap on 09/01/2026 - 10:36

  +2

  Jan07
  1. New Zealand won a record 10 gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics. How many were won by men?
  2. Which airline launched New Zealand domestic flights in 1987, eventually flying to most cities?
  3. Which game show, presented by Steve Parr, made its first appearance in1989?

  Two
  Ansett New Zealand
  Sale of the Century

  Jan08
  1. Dawn French’s character in The Vicar of Dibley shares a name with which South Island town?
  2. Where did Sir Edmund Hillary become the first New Zealander to go in 1958?
  3. In the opening line of I've Been Everywhere Man, John Hore Grenell is “on a winding ___road”. Is it Hokitika, Westport, or Greymouth?

  Geraldine
  South Pole
  Hokitika

  Jan09
  1. Despite being paralysed from the waist down, Neroli Fairhall won a gold medal for New Zealand at
  the 1982 Commonwealth Games. What was her sport?
  2. In which decade did our sheep population hit a high of 70m, against a human population of just over three million?
  3. Which Czech-born artist, whose paintings of Maori are in many New Zealand galleries, spent
  the last 37 years of his life in Woodville, dying there in 1926?

  Archery
  1980s
  Gottfried Lindauer

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  manual0103 on 13/01/2026 - 00:10

  +1

  Man, how tedious is the form filling out? should be able to submit multiple days at a time.

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    2cheap on 13/01/2026 - 09:16

    Agreed. If anyone knows of a decent plugin or browser that remembers details for form filling it would be appreciated.

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      Tmurder91 on 23/01/2026 - 09:27

      +1

      Almost all password managers have this built in (Bitwarden, 1Password etc)
      Usually called something like "identities"
      You load names, emails, numbers etc and it lets you also fill forms the same way that a password manager auto fills.

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  2cheap on 13/01/2026 - 11:00

  +1

  Jan10
  1. What was the name of the animated series, set in Auckland, that ran on TV3 from 2004 to 2009?
  2. Give, within 2% either side, the percentage of New Zealand’s population that lives in the South Island.
  3. How many times has New Zealand hosted the Commonwealth Games?

  bro' Town
  24%
  Three

  Jan11
  1. It’s on our banknotes, and it’s Forest & Bird’s 2025 Bird of the Year. What is it?
  2. According to an advert, what keeps its consumers “fit as a fiddle, sharp as a knife’?
  3. Extinct on the North and South Islands before European arrival, protected by law since 1895, what is the only surviving member of the order Rhynchocephalia?

  Kārearea
  Tux
  Tuatara

  Jan12
  1. Who won a Best Director Oscar in 2022 for The Power of the Dog?
  2. It's the purple swamphen in Australia. What is it here?
  3. The only commercial tea estate in New Zealand is just outside which city?

  Jane Campion
  Pūkeko
  Hamilton

  Jan13
  1. Where did Russian cruise liner Mikhail Lermontov hit rocks and sink in February 1986?
  2. How many times have the Warriors reached the NRL Grand final: once, twice, or three times?
  3. Which unsophisticated farmer is hopelessly smitten with Cheeky Hobson?

  Port Gore
  Twice
  Wal Footrot

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  2cheap on 17/01/2026 - 12:22

  Jan14
  1. What giant of the forest has the scientific name Agathis Australis?
  2. The last few outlets of what local fast food chain disappeared after being bought by McDonalds in
  1996?
  3. In what year were commemorations held to mark New Zealand’s sesquicentennial?

  1. Kauri
  2. Georgie Pie
  3. 1990

  Jan15
  1. In the first episode of Shortland Street, who said: “You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata™?
  2. The Holmes Show ran on TV One from 1989 to what year: 2000, 2002, or 2004?
  3. Who, in between screen performances, founded the Central Otago vineyard, Two Paddocks?

  1. Carrie Burton
  2. 2004
  3. Sam Neill

  Jan16
  1. Which band held a concert for a record 50,000 people at Eden Park in 2021?
  2. What 1982 song includes the lines: Aotearoa/Rugged individual/Glisten like a pearl/At the bottom of the world?
  3. What hymn, sung in English and te reo Maori, topped the charts for Sir Howard Morrison in 1982?

  1. Six60
  2. Poi E
  3. Whakaaria Mai

  Jan17
  1. How many male New Zealand golfers have won major championships?
  2. It used to be 28km in length, is now 23km, and could be gone entirely within 20 years. What is it?
  3. Which small animal was introduced from Britain in the 1870s to control garden pests?

  1. Two
  2. Franz Josef Glacier
  3. Hedgehog
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  2cheap on 21/01/2026 - 15:40

  Jan 18
  1. What new way of losing/ winning money were New Zealanders able to buy for the first time on July 22, 1987?
  2. Sauvignon is by far the most grown grape variety in New Zealand. What is second most popular?
  3. Neil and Tim Finn grew up in which rural town?

  Lotto
  Pinot Noir
  Te Awamutu

  Jan 19
  1. Air NZ operates flights to 20 domestic destinations. How many are in the South Island?
  2. The $1and $2 notes were replaced by coins in which decade?
  3. What were the two most expensive properties in the NZ version of Monopoly that first appeared in the 1960s?

  8
  1990s (specifically 1991)
  Queen Street and Lambton Quay

  Jan 20
  1. Which former F1 world champion died of a heart attack while driving in the Bathurst 1000 in 1992?
  2. Who presented more than 2000 episodes of the children’s programme You and Me?
  3. Where is New Zealand’s only commercial spaceport, active since 2017?

  Denny Hulme
  Suzy Cato
  Māhia Peninsula

  Jan 21
  1. What 2016 Disney animated film featured the voices of Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Temuera Morrison and Oscar Kightley?
  2. Which lake was formed by an enormous volcanic eruption 25,000 years ago?
  3. Who were the group of five female singers who had a No.1in 1988 with a cover of Melting Pot?

  Moana
  Lake Taupō
  When the Cat's Away

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  2cheap on 25/01/2026 - 09:55

  Jan22
  1. Fonterra has sold all its brands, including Anchor, Mainland, Kapiti and Fernleaf. What nationality is the company that now owns these iconic New Zealand brands?
  2. Who wrote the children’s story The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate?
  3. Sarah Ulmer won New Zealand’s first cycling gold medal at which Olympics?
  French
  Margaret Mahy
  Athens 2004

  Jan23
  1. What are the carved figures, representing tribal ancestors, that decorate meeting houses?
  2. What was New Zealand’s largest city in the 1870s and 1880s?
  3. In which year did Sir Edmund Hillary die and John Key become Prime Minister?
  Poupou
  Dunedin
  2008

  Jan24
  1. Mitre Peak is a famous landmark in Milford Sound. What is it named after?
  2. Who has played the role of Dr Leonard McCoy in three Star Trek films?
  3. How many more stars are there on the Australian flag than New Zealand’s?
  Mitre
  Karl Urban
  2

  Jan 25
  1. What two people are represented on New Zealand’s coat of arms?
  2. Officers Minogue and O'Leary were the two main characters in which 2018-2022 TV series?
  3. What type of roadgoing vehicle did Adam Turnbull and Dan Melling use to cross Cook Strait in 2009?
  Māori Chieftain & European woman
  Wellington Paranormal
  Amphibious van