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Aotearoa’s Enigmatic Heritage and Science
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Commercially significant vine fruit, originally Chinese but globally linked to NZ
  • 2. Chemical rock type forming part of New Zealand’s sedimentary geology
  • 3. Heirloom or treasured possession in Māori culture
  • 5. Local term for distinctive endemic bird species with cryptic habits
  • 7. Ceremonial Māori posture dance, warrior’s fierce chant
  • 11. Traditional oceanic voyaging canoe recognized for ancestral navigation
  • 13. Māori term for ceremonial invocation, less commonly known
Down
  • 4. Limestone terrain shaping Waitomo’s famous cave network
  • 6. Undeciphered proto-writing associated with Easter Island, a treaty neighbour
  • 8. Central North Island town named for a meeting place
  • 9. Stratovolcano dominating west coast, also a regional name
  • 10. Highly prized greenstone artifact material treasured by Tangata Whenua
  • 12. Vast harbor north of Auckland, historically a major Māori navigation hub
  • 14. Rare blue duck, an endangered fast-flowing river specialist

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