This is a book of lists about NZ and New Zealanders that you never thought
you needed to know until we got stuck for facts in conversation around the
dinner table, wanted to impress someone with incredibly obscure details and
offbeat opinions, signed up for pub quiz nights or just wanted a refreshing way of
viewing familiar facts. An eclectic and surprising selection of lists, rankings and
statistics that shed light on NZ in an unusual, entertaining and hilarious way.

INCREDIBLY ENTERTAINING!

Including, but definitely NOT limited to:

• Auckland’s babies: The top 20 surnames in 1913 and in 2013
• Kiwis in the public eye whose names are hard to spell
• How ‘New Zealand’ looks in other languages
• 7 facts of Kiwi life that astound overseas visitors
• Matching the regions with the country they are closest to in area (km2)
• 9 awful NZ reviews on Trip Advisor
• 30 destinations with doubtful desirability
• 7 unusual museums
• 8 town slogans best forgotten
• Days that changed New Zealand
• 5 Kiwi blokes who’ve cried in public
• How 8 prominent Kiwi couples met
• 6 break-ups we didn’t see coming
• 12 choices for a quintessential Kiwi wedding playlist
• 15 baby names that might be okay in Australia but definitely not in New Zealand
• 10 boys’ names popular in NZ 50 years ago but unlikely to make a comeback
• 6 Kiwi dropouts whose parents needn’t have worried