Scavenger hunt in New Zealand

Explore Aotearoa in a playful way. These experiences lead you past the Sky Tower, Te Papa, the geysers of Rotorua, Maori cultural sites and the Queenstown bungy bridge across both New Zealand islands.

50 pts
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Spot a Rotorua NZ flag

Find a NZ flag flying on a Rotorua building. Photograph it.

Bingo Rotorua
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250 pts
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Spot a Rotorua redwood tree

Drive or walk to the Whakarewarewa Forest (Redwoods) and find a giant California redwood tree. Photograph the trunk.

Bingo Rotorua
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150 pts
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Spot a Rotorua sulphur-smell warning sign

Find a sign warning about geothermal-area safety or sulphur (Kuirau Park has many). Photograph the sign.

Bingo Rotorua
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250 pts
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Spot a Rotorua wood-fire smoke or Mokoia Island view

Find a view of Mokoia Island in the middle of Lake Rotorua, or a Maori smoking fish set-up. Photograph the scene.

Bingo Rotorua
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250 pts
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Spot a Rotorua zorbing or luge sign

Find a zorbing (inflatable-ball rolling) or luge sign in Rotorua (it was invented here). Photograph the sign.

Bingo Rotorua
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250 pts
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Spot a Royal Albatross Centre poster

Find a Royal Albatross Centre poster (at Taiaroa Head). Photograph the poster.

Bingo Dunedin
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150 pts
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Spot a Scottish tartan in Dunedin

Find a Scottish tartan or kilt reference (Dunedin's Scottish heritage shows up everywhere). Photograph the tartan.

Bingo Dunedin
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100 pts
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Spot a Speight's pint in Dunedin

Find a glass of Speight's Gold Medal Ale (Pride of the South) on a Dunedin pub or restaurant table. Photograph the glass.

Bingo Dunedin
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250 pts
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Spot a Tarawera volcano reference

Find a reference to Mount Tarawera (the volcano that erupted in 1886): museum exhibit, tour-bus sign or shop poster. Photograph the reference.

Bingo Rotorua
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250 pts
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Spot a Te Puia carving workshop

Inside Te Puia find the carving workshop (New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute) with apprentices at work. Photograph the wood being shaped.

Bingo Rotorua
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200 pts
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Spot a thermal mud pool

Find a bubbling mud pool (Hells Gate, Kuirau Park, Whakarewarewa). Photograph the bubbling clay.

Bingo Rotorua
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200 pts
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Spot a vintage car in Napier

Find a vintage 1930s car (especially during Art Deco festival, but vintage rentals run year-round). Photograph the car.

Bingo Napier
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200 pts
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Spot a vintage Napier shop window with hats

Find a Napier vintage shop window with 1930s-style hats, scarves or jewellery. Photograph the curation.

Bingo Napier
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250 pts
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Spot a Wai-O-Tapu poster (Champagne Pool)

Find a Wai-O-Tapu Champagne Pool poster, postcard or tour-bus advert. Photograph the reference.

Bingo Rotorua
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200 pts
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Spot a wine bottle from Central Otago

Find a Central Otago Pinot Noir bottle in a shop or on a restaurant table. Photograph the label.

Bingo Queenstown
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250 pts
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Spot an Arrowtown gold-rush building

Drive to Arrowtown and find a stone or wooden gold-rush-era building on Buckingham Street. Photograph the historic facade.

Bingo Queenstown
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250 pts
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Spot Baldwin Street steepness

Drive to Baldwin Street in North East Valley. Photograph the steep slope (or yourself looking down).

Bingo Dunedin
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150 pts
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Spot Eat Streat heated boardwalk

Walk down Eat Streat on Tutanekai Street and find the heated boardwalk (heated by geothermal water). Photograph the boardwalk.

Bingo Rotorua
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150 pts
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Spot Lake Rotorua and black swans

Walk to the lakefront and find black swans on the water. Photograph the birds with the lake.

Bingo Rotorua
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100 pts
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Spot Lake Wakatipu

Find a view of Lake Wakatipu (the lightning-bolt-shaped lake). Photograph the lake with mountains behind.

Bingo Queenstown
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200 pts
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Spot Pania of the Reef

Find Pania of the Reef bronze statue on Marine Parade. Photograph the legendary figure.

Bingo Napier
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150 pts
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Spot St Paul's Cathedral spires

Find St Paul's Cathedral on the Octagon with its twin gothic spires. Photograph the spires.

Bingo Dunedin
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200 pts
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Spot the Daily Telegraph building (Napier)

Find the Daily Telegraph building on Tennyson Street with its Art Deco facade. Photograph the front.

Bingo Napier
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250 pts
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Spot the Dunedin Railway Station

Find the Dunedin Railway Station with the black basalt and white limestone facade. Photograph the clock tower.

Bingo Dunedin
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