New Zealand touragram last of the decade

Press, 4 December 1979, Page 14

New Zealand touragram last of the decade

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“GLADIATOR”

“Gladiator” has decided to present the final touragram for the year on an appropriate holiday note by concentrating on New Zealand place-names. Readers are invited to test their knowledge by attempting to answer the following 40 questions. The contest will close on December 30 and no

entries will be opened until after that date. They will then be marked at random, the first six correct entrants receiving gift vouchers from Whitcoulls, “The Press” will also award a special $lO cash prize for the neatest correct entry submitted by a schoolclass. The words are hidden in the touragram in a random manner and may appear horizontally, vertically or diagonally. They can be read from left to right, or from right to left, and up or down. Some letters may be common to two or more words. Each word has a corresponding clue. When located, the words should be ringed neatly with a ballpoint pen and listed to correspond with the number of the clues. Entries should be addressed to Touragram, c/o Travel Editor, “The Press,” P.O. Box 1005, Christchurch. Results will be published in “Tuesday Travel” on February 5. (“Tuesday Travel’ will not appear in January.)

1— Hot toddies to wear in bed? 2— Two cheers for South Auckland mum! 3— “Stinking stone” hydro for rowing venue. 4— Harbour bay resort for the “boss.” 5 — A heavy load of down for old army camp. 6— Bold win for me at Hawke’s Bay tennis. 7— Lora ends western guardianship of southern strait. 8— Let’s go to gala near Uawa River. 9— Lack opulence in one-time Thames River port. 10— Tourist attraction blow-hole stopped playing when thermal power came. 11— Did Canterbury town win the west as a repeater? 12— What gain in Mercury! 13 — Repeating river from the Ruahines. 14— Sydney brig gave name to Great Barrier harbour in 1845. 15— In a barrel like Niagara in famous gold-bearing river! 16— Would it be the ides in southern county town? 17— Main State Highway junction is township within “the township of Sandon and Carnarvon.” 18— 3156 ft mountain watershed for Raglan, Aotea, and Kawhia Harbours. 19 — Projection is departure point for Kawau Island. 20— Central North Island National Park. 21— “Very few pipi here,” said the Maori of early mission station and scene of fighting. 22— A Scandinavian forest in Dannevirke?

23— A tape on the only post in South Taranaki held throughout the Maori wars. 24— Narrowest part of New Zealand? 25— Where the North Canterbury bird goes, o nana! 26— On Waipa, main Waikato tributary, is where chief “stretched a little food.” 27— An eastern bay with Norfolk Pines. 28— Mineral waters' from here are refreshing with lemon. 29— Captain Moonlight bestowed this Potomac tributary name to South Island area. 30— Colliery town “meeting place” for. West Coast miners. 31— French goldminer struck it rich south of Woodpecker Bay — or maybe he didn’t. 32— Site of country’s second dairy factory and named after Crimean general. 33— Weighty chapel west of Christchurch? 34— Fortified (oxide of iron) wine flowing into the Wangapeka! 35— South Canterbury industrial area where George Rhodes cleansed his sheep. 36— Oldest Rangitikei settlement named after very English carver-founder. 37— Busy Otago port in the gold days named after Cook’s sailing master. 38— Terminal point on Milford Track renowned for, and named after the “locals.” 39— “Mod” band of West Coast “oldies” named after fertile valley. 40— Blame rye for Canterbury farming town’s growth.