| 100% | TOKELAU | 7 | Dependent territory of New Zealand consisting of the atolls Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo |
| 38% | BIBLE | 5 | The —, collection of Christian scriptures consisting of the Old and New Testaments |
| 36% | NAMBASSA | 8 | New Zealand hippie festivals of the 70s and 80s |
| 36% | TUI | 3 | New Zealand bird of the honeyeater family with a bluish-green plumage and white tuft under the throat |
| 34% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |
| 33% | MOA | 3 | New Zealand bird of the past |
| 32% | RATA | 4 | New Zealand forest tree of the myrtle family with crimson flowers and hard wood such as the Northern — |
| 32% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called the morepork |
| 32% | MAORI | 5 | The tangata whenua of New Zealand |
| 32% | UVEA | 4 | The part of an eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid |
| 31% | MAORI | 5 | Member of the people of New Zealand and the Cook Islands since before the arrival of European settlers |
| 31% | MAORIS | 6 | The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand |
| 31% | GREATER | 7 | Consisting of the city and its suburbs |
| 31% | UVEA | 4 | That part of an eyeball consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid |
| 30% | KIWI | 4 | New Zealand bird about the size of a chicken |
| 30% | UVEA | 4 | Eyeball part consisting of the iris, ciliary body and choroid |
| 30% | COOKSTRAIT | 10 | Waterway between the major islands of New Zealand |
| 30% | TEPAPA | 6 | __ Tongarewa, Maori for the Museum of New Zealand |
| 30% | STAMEN | 6 | Flower part consisting of the anther and filament |
| 30% | PERIANTH | 8 | Outer part of a flower, consisting of the corolla and calyx |
| 30% | SOLAR | 5 | ___ system (system consisting of the sun and the planets) |
| 29% | JAMES | 5 | ___ Cook, maritime explorer and mapper of New Zealand and Australia |
| 29% | ANTILLES | 8 | Archipelago in the Caribbean consisting of the Greater — and Lesser — |
| 29% | FISH | 4 | Chocolate ___, confection from New Zealand made of marshmallow and milk chocolate |
| 29% | LEFT | 4 | New ___ (countercultural political coalition of the sixties and seventies) |
| 29% | NOUMEA | 6 | Capital of the territory of New Caledonia |
| 29% | REDCOD | 6 | Food fish of Australia and New Zealand |
| 28% | ANTILLES | 8 | Group of islands in the Caribbean consisting of the Greater — and Lesser — |
| 28% | HOBBITON | 8 | New Zealand tourist attraction for "Lord of the Rings" fans |
| 28% | HEATHERMORRIS | 13 | New Zealand novelist who wrote "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and its sequels, 32-Across and 52-Across (2 wds.) |