| ROTORUA | A city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island (7) |
| WAIKATO | Region of New Zealand's North Island whose major centre is the city of Hamilton |
| TAURANGA | Harbourside city in the Bay of Plenty (8) |
| PLENTY | Bay of ___ , active volcanic region on the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island (6) |
| OPOTIKI | In the Bay of Plenty, a dolphin dangles a carved ornament (7) |
| PAPAMOA | Father repeats, the bird is in the Bay of Plenty (7) |
| DUNEDIN | Principal city of New Zealand's Otago region, in the southwest of the South Island (7) |
| RUAPEHU | Highest mountain on New Zealand's North Island |
| AVOCADO | Fruit grown mainly in the Bay of Plenty (7) |
| KAWERAU | Bay of Plenty town where, for around 50 years, all of New Zealand's newsprint was produced (7) |
| ISLANDS | Holiday are of New Zealand's Northland region, the Bay of ... |
| AUCKLAND | City on New Zealand's North Island, nicknamed The City of Sails (8) |
| RUNAWAY | Easternmost point of Bay of Plenty, Cape ___ (7) |
| EASTCOAST | The Atlantic seaboard of the US and New Zealand's North Island between Opotiki and Gisborne (4,5) |
| NEWZEALAND | Island country, site of Marlborough on its South Island and the Bay of Plenty on its North Island (3,7) |
| RUSSELL | Town which is the home of New Zealand's oldest existing church (7) |
| OTAGO | Dunedin is the central city of this region of New Zealand's south island |
| SNAPPER | One of New Zealand's most popular sport and table fish (7) |
| MOUNT | Active volcano in New Zealand's North Island, ... Ruapehu |
| KAIMAI | Range that separates the Waikato from the Bay of Plenty (6) |