| LANGE | David, New Zealand prime minister 198489 (5) |
| VICE | "Miami ___" (198489) |
| TUA | David-, New Zealand 1992 Olympic Heavyweight boxing bronze medallist (3) |
| CLARK | New Zealand prime minister, Helen ... |
| HELEN | New Zealand prime minister Clark |
| MIKEMOORE | Former New Zealand Prime Minister who died in 2020 (4,5) |
| FORBES | George William ?, New Zealand prime minister from 1930-35 (6) |
| JACINDA | ___ Ardern, New Zealand prime minister (7) |
| JOHN | Former New Zealand Prime Minister, ... Key |
| BILL | Sir... English, former New Zealand prime minister (4) |
| ARDERN | Jacinda ----, former New Zealand prime minister (6) |
| NASH | Which New Zealand prime minister left office at age 78? (4) |
| BASSETT | Cabinet minister in the Lange government who went on to write biographies of several New Zealand Prime Ministers (7) |
| WALTERNASH | The most recent New Zealand Prime Minister who was not born in New Zealand (6,4) |
| KIRK | The most recent New Zealand PM to die in office (4) |
| NOODLUM | Champion pacer 1970s bore name of New Zealand PM spelt backwards (7) |
| AKRAM | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-119 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1994 (5,5) |
| WASIM | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 7-119 against New Zealand at Wellington in 1994 (5,5) |
| KNOTT | A P E ___, England Test cricketer who hit 101 against New Zealand at Auckland in 1971 (5) |
| HADEN | Andy ___, rugby union lock whose last New Zealand Test appearance was against Argentina in 1985 (5) |
