| WAIHEKE | Populous island in the Hauraki Gulf (7) |
| JAVA | 13th-largest and most populous island in the world, in the Greater Sunda group of Indonesia (4) |
| OAHU | The most populous island in the US state of Hawaii |
| BARRIER | &19ac, 61ac, English name for Aotea, in the Hauraki Gulf (5,7,6) |
| GREAT | &53ac, 61ac, English name for Aotea, in the Hauraki Gulf (5,7,6) |
| ISLAND | &19ac, 53ac, English name for Aotea, in the Hauraki Gulf (5,7,6) |
| PENINSULA | East of Auckland, across the Hauraki Gulf, lies the Coromandel ... |
| JAKARTA | Capital city of the world's most populous island (7) |
| ZEALAND | Which is the largest and most populous island of Denmark? (7) |
| BRITAIN | The world's third most populous island |
| KAWAU | In the 1840s, which Hauraki Gulf island was the site of copper mines? (5) |
| TUTUILA | Largest and most populous island of American Samoa, lying east of Ofu, Olosega and Ta'u (7) |
| SUMATRA | World's fifth most populous island |
| GULF | Tikapa Moana or the Hauraki ... |
| CYCLADES | Large Greek island group in the southern Aegean whose most populous island is Syros (8) |
| GRETNA | Town on Hauraki Plains (6) |
| SAOMIGUEL | (GKN) Largest and most populous island of the Azores, named from the Portuguese for "Saint Michael" (3,6) |
| TERCEIRA | Second-most populous island of the Azores, home to the historical capital of Angra do Heroismo (8) |
| PALAU | Island country whose most populous island is Koror |
| JAPANESE | Denizens of the world's most populous island |
