New Zealand history word search
From Kupe and the Polynesian navigators to Kate Sheppard, Sir Edmund Hillary and a nuclear free law. Twenty words from the story of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Abel Tasman
- Beehive
- Cook
- Endeavour
- Everest
- Gallipoli
- Gold rush
- Hillary
- Hobson
- Kate Sheppard
- Kupe
- Land march
- Nuclear free
- Parihaka
- Rainbow Warrior
- Suffrage
- Te Tiriti
- Waitangi
- Waka
- Whina Cooper
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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| P | K | R | Y | E | V | E | R | E | S | T | E | B | A |
| A | L | A | N | D | M | A | R | C | H | U | C | E | U |
| R | W | I | T | U | S | U | F | F | R | A | G | E | D |
| I | A | N | I | E | C | S | P | T | N | M | U | H | G |
| H | I | B | T | H | S | L | C | X | R | T | I | I | O |
| A | T | O | E | I | E | H | E | O | U | L | G | V | L |
| K | A | W | T | L | O | N | E | A | O | A | O | E | D |
| A | N | W | I | L | T | D | D | P | R | K | O | C | R |
| O | G | A | R | A | K | A | I | E | P | F | L | E | U |
| I | I | R | I | R | S | L | S | A | A | A | R | U | S |
| E | S | R | T | Y | L | N | G | M | K | V | R | E | H |
| W | S | I | I | A | V | W | A | K | A | U | O | D | E |
| L | O | O | G | L | H | O | B | S | O | N | P | U | H |
| M | N | R | W | H | I | N | A | C | O | O | P | E | R |
Find these words
- Abel Tasman
- Beehive
- Cook
- Endeavour
- Everest
- Gallipoli
- Gold rush
- Hillary
- Hobson
- Kate Sheppard
- Kupe
- Land march
- Nuclear free
- Parihaka
- Rainbow Warrior
- Suffrage
- Te Tiriti
- Waitangi
- Waka
- Whina Cooper
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About this word search
Polynesian navigators reached these islands by waka more than seven centuries ago, and tradition tells of Kupe as the first to find them. Abel Tasman sighted the coast in 1642 and James Cook arrived on the Endeavour in 1769. In 1840 Te Tiriti o Waitangi was signed, with William Hobson for the Crown. In 1893 New Zealand women won the vote, after a campaign led by Kate Sheppard. Later chapters include the peaceful resistance at Parihaka, Gallipoli, Hillary on Everest in 1953 and Whina Cooper leading the land march to Parliament in 1975.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Rainbow Warrior fills a whole row with fourteen letters. Kate Sheppard has twelve. Kupe, Cook and Waka have only four and are easy to overlook. Look for the double letters: PP in Kate Sheppard, LL in Gallipoli and Hillary, RR in Rainbow Warrior. Two-word entries like Gold rush and Land march run together as GOLDRUSH and LANDMARCH.
Use it in a history lesson or on Waitangi weekend. Once all the words are found, put them in order on a timeline and see who in the family knows the most dates.
Ways to use this word search
With your coffee
Print a sheet for a quiet moment at the kitchen table or in your armchair. Start with the regular version and save the hard one for when you really have time for it.
On the go
Slip a few printed sheets into your bag for the ferry, a waiting room or a weekend at the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Puzzle together
Bring the sheet to your book club, a night in with friends or a visit to your parents and see who finds every word first. Or play online and find out who is fastest.
Try it in Spanish too
The same theme also exists in Spanish, French, German and Italian, 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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