NZ Trivia

[Hooroo]

Have a stab at these without referencing the interanswerer

I wanted to know the furthest inland point in NZ in terms of K's from the sea and it piqued my interest on a few other things.

How far inland can you be from the sea in NZ?
What Town is closest to that point ? Boom Snowy with Cromwell

Lowests point in NZ (We all know highest)

Northernmost point
Southernmost point
Westernmost point
Easternmost point

I will update with answers as I receive them.

[Snowy]

Don't know how far in KMs but it must be somewhere in central Otago. Alex, Clyde, Cromwell. Somewhere there.

All of the others (N,E,S,W) will be remote NZ islands.

[Smudge]

Furthest inland is about 90km and it's near Cromwell, I believe.

[jegga]

@Hooroo two main islands only?

[Hooroo]

More than 90 k's Smudge. I will accept upto within 5 k's But snowy gets first points for Cromwell

[Hooroo]

@jegga said in NZ Trivia:

@Hooroo two main islands only?

Negative!

[Smudge]

@Hooroo said in NZ Trivia:

More than 90 k's Smudge. I will accept upto within 5 k's But snowy gets first points for Cromwell

Ah, so you accept three answers then. Good to know.

[taniwharugby]

Auckland Islands in the South, and Three Kings in the North?

[Snowy]

@Smudge I reckon the actual location will be somewhere in the middle of the 3 towns. So how big does the town have to be?

[Bovidae]

In theory the Ross Dependency should be NZ's southern most point but isn't recognised as a territory by other nations.

The Eastern-most point will be some rock off The Chathams.

[Snowy]

@Bovidae Yep. Sounds correct for eastern.

@taniwharugby Yep. Aucklands for south would be right. Kermadecs for north? Further up than 3 Kings I think.

No idea about west. Nobody wants to go that way anyway - I'll go with Bondi.

[Bovidae]

I think the Campbell Islands are further south than the Auckland Islands. But which island?

[Snowy]

@Bovidae Hmmm. You're right. Campbells will be further south. I can only think of 2 names (one is Campbell) and the other one is something French (or French sounding). A bird sanctuary? Pest eradication? It's been on some wild life TV show.

[jegga]

Chatham Islands the furthest eastern point?

[canefan]

Jeez, are any ferners working today?

[Snowy]

@canefan I try not to. It gets in the way of pub quizzes.

[Snowy]

@jegga Must be. Not much out there after that in NZ territory. Don't know the name of the particular island / rock though.

[taniwharugby]

@Snowy right you are, they are way north of 3 Kings

Western Most city would be Perth wouldnt it....

[Snowy]

@taniwharugby said in NZ Trivia:

@Snowy right you are, they are way north of 3 Kings

Western Most city would be Perth wouldnt it....

Perth is South African we just have a small outpost. I actually have no idea what is our most western island.

[taniwharugby]

@Snowy well for anyone else who was curious (and hasnt already checked)...turns out we had a correct answer for the wrong question....

List of extreme points of New Zealand - Wikipedia