Easy Pacific Islands word search
Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and Niue: ten short names of our neighbours across the ocean, in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs straight across or straight down.
- Aotearoa
- Australia
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Niue
- Samoa
- Tahiti
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionPacific neighbours for young kids
Name
| L | H | A | W | A | I | I | S | H | W |
| N | T | R | S | A | M | O | A | N | T |
| N | A | N | I | U | E | P | L | N | U |
| B | H | V | T | S | D | E | N | M | V |
| S | I | A | O | T | E | A | R | O | A |
| I | T | N | N | R | S | G | O | P | L |
| G | I | U | G | A | K | M | M | G | U |
| U | V | A | A | L | P | L | V | G | N |
| A | T | T | F | I | J | I | S | H | R |
| E | D | U | K | A | R | U | I | U | N |
Find these words
- Aotearoa
- Australia
- Fiji
- Hawaii
- Niue
- Samoa
- Tahiti
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
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Pacific neighbours for young kids
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About this word search
New Zealand sits in the south-west of the Pacific Ocean. Our nearest big neighbour is Australia across the Tasman, and to the north lie islands like Samoa, Tonga, Fiji and Niue, short names that many children in Aotearoa already know from friends, family or a holiday.
The grid is ten by ten and every word runs to the right or straight down. Australia has nine letters and Aotearoa eight, so start with those. Fiji and Niue are only four letters long, and the J in Fiji is easy to spot. Hawaii ends in two I's, and Tuvalu and Vanuatu both have a V.
When a name is found, children can look for the island on a globe or map and stick a little flag next to it. That turns ten words into a quick tour of the Pacific.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
Try it in German too
The same theme also exists in German, each with its own word list in that language. Handy if you are learning a language: you already know the topic, now just the words.
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