Supert-tricksy Whau Local & Natural History Crossword Puzzle

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of World Geography has 20 clues. Answers range from 3 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The Avondale spider starred in which 1990 horror movie?
Avondale Racecourse was the site for an emergency hospital in 1918 due to what kind of epidemic?
Which quintessential kiwi haircut is also an estuarine fish found at the mouth of the Whau?
A tree with poisonous fruit, (but once an important food source if the fruit was properly treated), found near early Maori living sites in the Whau area.
A fast growing small tree with very light wood which was used to float fishing nets
Maori name for the more sheltered water found as you head up the Whau portage from Rata St.
Maori name for the Avondale stream
The only NZ native species that is a member of the mahogany family.
Tony Segedin Reserve in Avondale was home to Best’s Varnish Works in the 1800s which used turps, linseed oil and what other natural ingredient to create its product?
Hayward Wright bred a cultivar of which fruit on the Rosebank Peninsula which went on to form the basis of that fruit industry.
New Lynn was home to a Poudrette Works in the late 1800s. What was the polite name for the raw material this factory was processing?
Name the Doctor who lived on the Rosebank Peninsula who was briefly PM of NZ, but is better known as a pioneering brick work industrialist with a small island named after him.
What tree with a scented leaf was traditionally used as a hair oil and chewing gum ingredient?
What is the name of the marine reserve that lies at the mouth of the Whau River?
How many species of mangrove does the Whau River have?
What construction material was shipped from the banks of the Whau on a massive scale in the late 1800s?
Kuaka is the Maori name for what long distance flier that can be seen feeding up in the Whau area before making a massive migration trip to the Arctic tundra?
What regal bird with a black spathulate bill can you see near the mouth of the Whau River?
The Whau creek named after a tree with red bottle brush flowers that makes great honey.
The Maori name for greywarbler

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