| 100% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called the morepork |
| 84% | RURU | 4 | Owl of New Zealand also called a morepork |
| 66% | KAKAPO | 6 | Ground-living bird of New Zealand also called an owl parrot |
| 57% | KAWAKAWA | 8 | Shrub of New Zealand also called a pepper tree |
| 57% | RIMU | 4 | Coniferous tree of New Zealand also called a red pine |
| 43% | HANUKKAH | 8 | Jewish festival also called the Festival of Lights |
| 43% | OTHELLO | 7 | Shakespeare tragedy also called the Moor of Venice |
| 43% | MOA | 3 | New Zealand bird of the past |
| 42% | KAKAPO | 6 | Owl parrot of New Zealand |
| 42% | KAKAPOS | 7 | New Zealand birds also known as owl parrots |
| 42% | POPOTO | 6 | Also called Maui dolphin, native to New Zealand |
| 41% | LARACROFT | 9 | Billionaire "tomb raider" also called the Countess of Abbingdon: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NEOLITHIC | 9 | Also called New Stone Age, preceded the Bronze Age |
| 41% | NAMBASSA | 8 | New Zealand hippie festivals of the 70s and 80s |
| 41% | OCA | 3 | Plant also called a New Zealand yam |
| 41% | OCA | 3 | Tuber also called a New Zealand yam |
| 41% | CANDLEMAS | 9 | Holiday also called Presentation of the Lord |
| 41% | HOBBITON | 8 | New Zealand tourist attraction for "Lord of the Rings" fans |
| 41% | REDCODLING | 10 | Deep-sea fish of Australia and New Zealand also called a hoka with a reddish-pink body |
| 40% | ASTORS | 6 | Family once called the “landlords of New York” |
| 40% | MAORI | 5 | The tangata whenua of New Zealand |
| 40% | TOKELAU | 7 | Dependent territory of New Zealand consisting of the atolls Atafu, Nukunonu and Fakaofo |
| 40% | KIWI | 4 | New Zealand bird about the size of a chicken |
| 40% | HANUKKAH | 8 | Jewish holiday observed for eight nights and days also called the Festival of Lights |
| 39% | FRAME | 5 | Janet —, New Zealand author of 1957 novel Owls Do Cry |
| 39% | EPH | 3 | New Testament book called the "Queen of the Epistles": Abbr. |
| 39% | ERNEST | 6 | ___ Rutherford, New Zealand physicist known as the father of nuclear physics |
| 39% | STONEPINE | 9 | Tree of southern Europe also called the umbrella pine and Italian — |
| 39% | TATOUAY | 7 | Creature of South America also called the greater naked-tailed armadillo |
| 39% | MAORIS | 6 | The indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand |