| HAAST | One of the South Island's three alpine passes (5) |
| ALERT | Northernmost of Ellesmere Island's three settlements (5) |
| ARAN | The - - - - Islands, three orchid and gentian-rich isles in Galway Bay (4) |
| UNION | - Island; three-mile-long isle in the Saint Vincent and Grenadines archipelago with around 3,000 residents (5) |
| OTAGO | South-eastern region of the South Island (5) |
| MARSH | Stan ___ (one of the "South Park" kids) |
| UISTS | North and South islands in the Hebrides (5) |
| SAUDI | Citizen of the Middle East invests Australian dollars in the South Island (5) |
| SCUBA | South Island's contribution to marine exploration (5) |
| SUSHI | Dalton had to leave the South Island to get a Japanese meal (5) |
| LEWIS | Mountain pass in the South Island (5) |
| ENDERBY | Island in the Auckland Islands archipelago, 460km south of the South Island (7) |
| KEA | Alpine parrot of the South Island of New Zealand |
| DUNEDIN | Principal city of New Zealand's Otago region, in the southwest of the South Island (7) |
| HOKITIKA | Town and river in the West Coast region of the South Island (8) |
| STEWARTISLAND | Last straw, Enid! Makes it south of the South Island, NZ (7,6) |
| BAY | Area on the east coast of the South Island, formerly known as Cook's Mistake - see 28ac (7,3) |
| PEGASUS | Area on the east coast of the South Island, formerly known as Cook's Mistake - w 43dn (7,3) |
| CLOUDYBAY | Area at the northeast of the South Island, famous for its wine (6,3) |
| TAHITI | One of the South Pacific Society Islands (6) |
