A) The Pacific Plate subducts under the Australian plate and melts, causing magma to rise. B) The movement of glaciers carves out spaces for volcanic eruptions. C) Volcanic activity is caused by meteor impacts breaking the Earth's crust. D) Tectonic plates collide directly above the park, forming volcanoes.
A) Ruapehu and Pihanga B) Ngauruhoe and Kakaramea-Tihia Massif C) Kakaramea-Tihia Massif and Ruapehu D) Tongariro and Ngauruhoe
A) Human activity B) Soil type C) Altitude D) Proximity to water bodies
A) Snowberry (Gaultheria colensoi) B) Parahebes C) Hall's totara (Podocarpus laetus) D) Mountain beech
A) Ice fields B) Tussock and shrubland C) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest D) Gravel and stone fields
A) Mountain inaka (Dracophyllum recurvum) B) Beech forests C) Hall's totara D) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest
A) At the base of Mount Ruapehu B) Between 1100 and 1550 m C) Below 1000 m D) Above 1770 m up to about 2000 m
A) Glacial movements B) Meteor impacts C) Volcanic processes D) Earthquakes
A) Tussock grasses B) Bracken fernlands, sedgeland and rushlands C) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest D) Ice fields
A) Snowberry B) Red, silver, and mountain beech (Nothofagus fusca, Nothofagus menziesii, and Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides) C) Kahikatea D) Podocarpus laetus
A) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest B) Mountain beech C) Exotic heather (Calluna vulgaris) D) Gravel and stone fields
A) Leek-leaved orchid (Prasophyllum colensoi) B) Kānuka C) Mountain cabbage trees D) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest
A) Erosion and climate B) Human activity C) High altitude D) Proximity to water bodies
A) Mountain inaka B) Red mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala) C) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest D) Snowberry
A) Below 1000 m B) Above 1770 m C) 1100 to 1550 m D) 1200 to 1500 m
A) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest B) Kānuka (Kunzea serotina) C) Mountain beech D) Snowberry
A) Crustose lichens on stable rocks B) Tussock grasses C) Podocarp-broadleaf rainforest D) Gravel and stone fields
A) 337 km (209 mi) B) 300 km (186 mi) C) 338 km (210 mi) D) 350 km (217 mi)
A) Hawke's Bay Region B) Auckland Region C) Ruapehu District (Manawatū–Whanganui Region) D) Taupō District (Waikato Region)
A) 200 km2 (77 sq mi) B) 51.29 km2 (19.80 sq mi) C) 795.96 km2 (307.32 sq mi) D) 100 km2 (39 sq mi)
A) Ohakune B) Waimarino C) Tūrangi D) Raetihi
A) 100–200 mm (4–8 in) B) 1,500–2,500 mm (59–98 in) C) 3,000–4,000 mm (118–157 in) D) 500–750 mm (20–30 in)
A) State Highway 5 B) State Highway 3 C) State Highway 1 D) State Highway 7
A) 100 ha (247 acres) B) 75 ha (185 acres) C) 39 ha (96 acres) D) 50 ha (123 acres)
A) Ohakune B) Tūrangi C) Raetihi D) Waimarino
A) Otukou B) Tūrangi C) Whakapapa Village D) Papakai
A) Lake Rotopounamu B) Lake Taupo C) Lake Taupō D) Lake Rotoaira
A) Henry Dyson B) John Bidwill C) Te Rangihiroa D) Ngātoro-i-rangi
A) Te Wai-whakaata-o-te-Rangihiroa, 'Rangihiroa's mirror' B) Te Maari, 'The Crater' C) Pukawa, 'The Storehouse' D) Te Wai-pounamu, 'Green Waters'
A) John Bidwill B) Henry Dyson C) Pierce Connelly D) Dieffenbach
A) Due to bad weather conditions B) He did not have permission from the chief C) Because it was sacred or tapu D) They were afraid of the mountain spirits
A) He was given gifts by the villagers B) He was celebrated as a hero C) He was asked to lead another expedition D) He was met with anger
A) Te Rangihiroa B) Dieffenbach C) Chief Mananui Te Heu Heu Tūkino II D) Governor George Grey
A) George French Angas B) William Collie C) Henry Dyson D) Pierce Connelly
A) Henry Dyson B) Donald Manson C) John Bidwill D) Pierce Connelly
A) Mananui Te Heu Heu Tūkino II B) Pierce Connelly C) Te Herekiekie of Tokaanu D) Te Rangihiroa
A) They are considered a source of eternal youth B) They represent the gap left when Taranaki departed C) They are believed to be the birthplace of the first Māori chief D) They mark the boundary between two rival tribes
A) 1907 B) 1894 C) 1886 D) 1922
A) September 1887 B) October 1894 C) 1922 D) 1975
A) Robert Speight, Te Moanapapaku Te Huiatahi, Leonard Cockayne B) Leonard Cockayne, Edward Phillips Turner, Robert Speight C) Edward Phillips Turner, Leonard Cockayne, Te Heuheu Tūkino IV D) Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Te Moanapapaku Te Huiatahi, Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino II
A) 1923 B) 1908 C) 1914 D) 1938
A) 1929 B) October 1894 C) 1938 D) August 1925
A) 1914 B) 1938–1939 C) 1907 D) 1923
A) Division into smaller parks B) No change C) Reduction D) Expansion
A) 1987 B) 1908 C) 1975 D) 1922
A) 1922 B) 1907 C) 1975 D) 1894
A) Edward Phillips Turner B) The first park ranger C) Te Moanapapaku Te Huiatahi D) Leonard Cockayne
A) 1990 B) 2000 C) 1993 D) 1985
A) UNESCO B) UNICEF C) WHO D) WTO
A) Cultural Property B) Scientific Property C) Historical Property D) Natural Property
A) 2000 B) 2010 C) 1993 D) 1989
A) Scientific significance for biodiversity. B) Economic significance due to tourism. C) Spiritual significance as a cultural landscape. D) Political significance for indigenous rights.
A) Temperate B) Tropical C) Arid D) Polar
A) The Pacific Ocean B) Mount Taranaki C) Lake Taupo D) The Tasman Sea
A) 20 °C B) -10 °C C) 25 °C D) 13 °C
A) The Whanganui River B) The Mangatepōpō Stream C) The Waikato River D) The Tāwhitikuri Stream
A) North Island brown kiwi B) Bald eagle C) Snowy owl D) Peregrine falcon
A) Panda B) Elephant C) Koala D) Black rats
A) By 2016 B) By 1980 C) By 2023 D) By 1996
A) 1990 B) 2000 C) 1975 D) 1981
A) Drones with cameras B) Satellite imagery C) Thermal imaging technology D) Infrared sensors
A) Using traps exclusively B) Hunting, including private hunting. C) Relocating pigs to other areas D) Introducing natural predators
A) 9% B) 15% C) 20% D) 5%
A) 100,000 B) 125,000 C) 10,000 D) 50,000
A) 8 November 2025 B) 9 November 2025 C) 10 November 2025 D) 7 November 2025
A) 12 B) 3 C) 46 D) 9
A) Three B) Four C) Two D) One
A) Coastal regions. B) Urban areas near Mount Ruapehu. C) Desert landscapes. D) Sub-alpine forest along an old bush tramway.
A) May 2013 B) August 2013 C) December 2012 D) January 2014
A) 1894 B) 1932 C) 1924 D) 1904
A) Mangaweka Viaduct B) Hapuawhenua Viaduct C) Taonui Viaduct D) Ohakune Viaduct
A) The New Zealand Government B) Tourist and Health Resorts Department C) Heritage New Zealand D) Mount Cook Tourist Company
A) 1995 B) 1979 C) 2009 D) 1987
A) The Lord of the Rings B) Wild horses C) Hunt for the Wilderpeople D) Willow
A) Wild horses B) The Lord of the Rings C) Hunt for the Wilderpeople D) Willow
A) Fergusson Cottage B) Taonui Viaduct C) Waihohonu Hut D) Chateau Tongariro
A) Willow B) Hunt for the Wilderpeople C) The Lord of the Rings D) Wild horses |