| MOLESWORTH | New Zealand's largest farm, located in the Marlborough District (10) |
| LINER | Type of vessel the Mikhail Lermontov was that sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986 (5) |
| LERMONTOV | Russian cruise ship which ran aground and sank in the Marlborough Sounds in 1986, the Mikhail ___ (9) |
| PORTGORE | Left the Southland town for a place in the Marlborough Sounds (4,4) |
| AFTERWARDS | Later on the Marlborough town divided dessert (10) |
| TANEMAHUTA | New Zealand's largest kauri, estimated as being between 1200 and 2000 years old (4,6) |
| PELORUS | Which ship saw action in the Napoleonic Wars, transported opium, and lent its name to one of the Marlborough Sounds? (7) |
| PICTON | South Island town regarded as the gateway to the Marlborough Sounds (6) |
| NEWZEALAND | Island country, site of Marlborough on its South Island and the Bay of Plenty on its North Island (3,7) |
| AUCKLAND | Situated on the North Island, New Zealand's largest city (8) |
| THAMES | Town which, in 1868, was New Zealand's largest, with more than 100 hotels and three theatres (6) |
| TAUPO | New Zealand's largest lake (5) |
| EDEN | How New Zealand's largest sports stadium is called, partly (4) |
| AUK | Bird that sounds like it should be native to New Zealand's largest city |
| WAIPOUA | Northland forest which is home to Tane Mahuta, New Zealand's largest tree (7) |
| SPARK | New Zealand's largest telecommunications company (5) |
| WAITEMATA | One of New Zealand's largest harbours, covering 1803q km (9) |
| FIORDLAND | New Zealand's largest National Park (9) |
| BEECH | What trees make up New Zealand's largest remaining indigenous forests? (5) |
| RIMUTAKA | New Zealand's largest prison, with a capacity of 1078 (8) |
