Name a region of New Zealand: rare answers

“Name a region of New Zealand” has 16 accepted answers here, and 3 of them (19%) are rare enough for the two deepest tiers. Otago, Auckland and Canterbury are the Surface answers almost everyone gives.

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Accepted answers
16
Category
Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
3 (19%)
Alternate spellings accepted
1 answers
First letters
11 different; W is the most common (3)
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 3 answers (19%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 4 answers (25%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 5 answers (31%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 4 answers (25%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

This list has no Abyssal tier, so the Midnight Zone is as deep as it goes: Southland, Marlborough and Tasman, worth 85 points each.

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Southland, Marlborough, Tasman

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Gisborne, West Coast

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Nelson, Waikato, Northland, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Otago, Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington

Other spellings we accept

Type any of these and the game counts it as the same answer. Small typos are forgiven on longer answers too.

  • Manawatū-Whanganui: Manawatu

Rarity tiers are our own estimate of how few people would think of each answer. For strategy, read how to find One in a Krillion answers.

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