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1. The Spanish Canary Islands are situated in which ocean?2. Legendary All Black loose forward Waka Nathan, who died in September aged 81, was given what nickname?3. Does your driver licence need a passenger endorsement if you work for Uber in New Zealand?4. What are the colours of the four balls used to play croquet?5. The Koran, or Quran, is made up of how many chapters (or surah)?6. Who is our minister of housing?7. Apart from its territory in Borneo and New Guinea, what are the three main islands of Indonesia?8. Felicity sold her Mitsubishi car in August for 30% more than she originally paid. Inthesame month she sold her Hyundai for 25% less than what it cost her. The original price of the Hyundai was 32% of the $34,000 she paid in total for the two cars. Did the August sales leave her withanetgainor a net loss, and by how much?9. What was the first name given to Australia by European explorers?10. When was Winston Peters acting prime minister of New Zealand?11. Musician Don McGlashan, of The Front Lawn and The Mutton Birds fame, formed what new band in the latter part of 2021?12. Which is New Zealand’s longest glacier?

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