| REEFTON | First town in New Zealand to receive electricity, in 1888 (7) |
| PENZANCE | Town in New Zealand, one flooded with cash (8) |
| NAZARETH | Lord's town in New Zealand - Haast down south - rebuilt on bores (8) |
| CHINTZ | Greek character has time in New Zealand to get cotton fabric (6) |
| MACROCARPA | Tree of the family Cupressaceae, used in New Zealand to create shelter belts for livestock (10) |
| FORGER | Illegal occupation of Karl Feoder Sim, 1923-2013, only person in New Zealand to be convicted of his specialist crime (6) |
| SKYLARK | What bird was introduced into New Zealand from 1864-79, with some sent from New Zealand to Hawaii in 1870? (7) |
| LOCHORE | Brian, former rugby union player who coached New Zealand to victory in the 1987 World Cup (7) |
| ROSWELL | Town in New Mexico where a UFO was supposed to have crashed in 1947 (7) |
| PIKACHU | A yellow, mouse-like Pokemon which stores electricity in its cheeks (7) |
| CURRENT | Electricity in the news? (7) |
| SANTAFE | Town in New Mexico (2 wds.) |
| KEMAR | Identify the first name of this West Indies cricketer who, coming in at No. 8, batted for nearly three hours on the fifth day of the first Test versus New Zealand to salvage a draw. (5) |
| INFLUENZA | Tends to go viral in Tube from New Zealand to America (9) |
| RUSSELLCOUTTS | Skipper who sailed New Zealand to victory in the 1995 and 2000 America's Cup events (7,6) |
| YVETTEWILLIAMS | 1952 Olympic women's long jump champion, the first woman from from New Zealand to win an Olympic gold medal |
| WILLIAMSON | Player who led New Zealand to their first ICC World Test Championship win (last name) (10) |
| ANTIPODES | Australia and New Zealand, to Britain (9) |
| DOWNUNDER | Australia and New Zealand, to Americans (4,5) |
| NZIMA | Difficult for New Zealand to get one postgraduate (5) |
