| WETA | Insect found in New Zealand's rainy area |
| MADEIRA | Wine produced originally in rainy area (7) |
| GEYSERS | Erupting hot springs, like Old Faithful; the ones in New Zealand's Wairakei area dried up when a geothermal plant went online in 1958 |
| GLACIER | Slow-moving mass of ice seen in Greenland and in New Zealand's Southern Alps |
| NEWORDER | In the 1980s, which band's song Blue Monday spent 74 weeks in New Zealand's top 50 charts? (3,5) |
| MOUNT | Active volcano in New Zealand's North Island, ... Ruapehu |
| OTAGO | Turning to a journey in New Zealand's south (5) |
| MEN | Minority in New Zealand's parliament |
| CHRISTCHURCH | Largest city in New Zealand's South Island (12) |
| EREWHON | Samuel Butler's satirical novel apparently set in New Zealand's Canterbury region (yes, the title's |
| DUNEDIN | A port in New Zealand's South Island founded by Scottish settlers (7) |
| STAGBEETLE | Insect found in the UK in which the male has large, antler-like jaws (4,6) |
| BEDBUG | Insect found in Russian river, on the bottom (6) |
| PLANTAIN | Insect found in simple Caribbean food |
| BUTTERFLY | Insect found in dairies? (9) |
| NOTUM | Part of an insect found in casino tumbler |
| GOLIATHBEETLE | Large insect found in the tropical forests of Africa (7,6) |
| LOCUST | Destructive insect found in silo, customarily |
| CREEPYCRAWLY | Insect found in scary part of Sussex, say |
| LARVA | Form of insect found in particular valley |
