| SADDLEBACK | New Zealand bird such as the North Island ___ or South Island ___ (10) |
| RIGHTWHALE | Large sea creature such as the North Atlantic ___ and North Pacific ___ (5,5) |
| LARCH | Any deciduous coniferous tree of the genus Larix, such as the North American tamarack (5) |
| MUSK | Plant such as the North American Mimulus moschatus (4) |
| FELLOWSHIP | The area around Matamata in the North Island of New Zealand was used to film the hobbit village in The ... Of The Ring |
| HAWKEBAY | Section of the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand stretching from the Mahia Peninsula in the northeast to Cape Kidnappers/Te Kauwae-a-Maui in the southwest |
| ABERDEEN | As the North Sea fields came on line in the 70s, this Scottish city became the Oil Capital of Europe |
| EASTCAPE | What is the easternmost point on the North Island of New Zealand, the site of a battle in the 1865 Maori Wars? (4,4) |
| BOREAS | Eager as the North Wind (6) |
| POLA | More commonly known as the North Star. (7) |
| ROTORUA | What is the town in the North Island of New Zealand close to steaming lakes, geysers and mud pools? |
| NINETYMILE | Popular tourist attraction located on the western coast of the North Island of New Zealand, ... Beac |
| AUCKLAND | Situated on the North Island, New Zealand's largest city (8) |
| DESERTROAD | Bob leaves the sweet course on the way within the North Island (6,4) |
| TAIHAPE | Gumboot Capital of the World, in the Rangitikei District of the North Island (7) |
| KERMADEC | Arc of islands in the South Pacific off the coast of the North Island (8) |
| RAOUL | Largest island in the Kermadecs group, 1100km NNE of the North Island (5) |
| MONITORED | Kept track of as they drove around the North Island (9) |
| MENIAL | The servant gets something to eat around the North Island (6) |
| SNIPED | Took pot-shots as they raced around the North Island (6) |
