Many Answers | AnyQuestions

Explore Many Answers to find resources on popular topics and about your local region.

Regional Resources

Filter by year level

Featured Topics

Colour illustration showing the position of the Sun and planets in the solar system.

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

The Sun is at the centre of the Solar System. It is a round ball of hot plasma. The Earth orbits around the Sun, which gives us warmth and light. The Sun is ...

Colour image of the whetu (stars) of Matariki (also known as the Pleiades) shining brightly in the night sky.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster also known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters in other cultures. The rise of Matariki in mid-winter marks the s...

Two Māori men blow a pūtātara (shell trumpet) at the swearing-in of the 21st Governor-General of Aotearoa NZ.

Ngā pūoro Māori (Māori music)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Māori music has many important composers, some of whom use traditional mōteatea (chanted song-poetry), and others whose music includes introduced musical sty...

Photo of rainbow cross walk outside Palmerston North City Library to mark Manawatū's gay and lesbian rights group (MaLGRA) 41st anniversary.

LGBTQIA+ history

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual (or ally) and more. The '+' signifies the ongoing acceptance...

Latest Topics

Image: The European Galleries, The Layton Art Gallery at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_Art_Museum_January_2023_15_(The_European_Galleries--The_Layton_Art_Gallery).jpg) by Michael Barera on Wikimedia Commons.

European art history

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

European Art is a visual art that has many stylistic periods that show the topical subjects, artistic styles and social influences of that time. The stylisti...

Entry last updated: 3/06/25

Image: Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge Dusk (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_and_Harbour_Bridge_Dusk_(3)_2019-06-21.jpg) by Benh LIEU SONG on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Australia is made up of the Australian continent and the island of Tasmania. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere and is famous for its unique wildlife like ka...

Entry last updated: 3/06/25

Image: Various Used Wooden Paintbrushes (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Various_Used_Wooden_Paintbrushes_-_41511977320.jpg) by dejankrsmanovic on Wikimedia Commons.

Art

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

The visual arts are types of arts you can see. Some types of visual art are painting, drawing, video, crafts, photography, as well as physical objects like c...

Entry last updated: 3/06/25

Image: Bandages from kit of British Dog (https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/7949432000/) by Library of Congress on Flickr.

World War One (animals)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Millions of animals such as horses, dogs, donkeys, pigeons, cats, elephants, and even slugs served alongside the soldiers during World War One. They were use...

Entry last updated: 30/05/25

Image: Learning Physics (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Learning_Physics.jpg) by Preply.com Images on Wikimedia Commons

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Everything on earth and everything in the universe moves and interacts, and forces play a big part in that. Physics studies those forces and interactions. Ph...

Entry last updated: 22/05/25

Image: 2011 Tohoku earthquake tsunami in Miyako (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2011_Tohoku_earthquake_tsunami_in_Miyako.jpg) by 岩手県宮古市 on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Tsunami is a Japanese word that means 'great harbour wave'. These giant ocean waves are caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides on the ocean...

Entry last updated: 22/05/25

Image: Siouxsie Wiles and Rangi Mātāmua 2823 s (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siouxsie_Wiles_and_Rangi_M%C4%81t%C4%81mua_2823_s.jpg) by Te Apārangi Royal Society on Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

New Zealand has many great scientists that work in a lot of different areas of science. Their research and discoveries have a big impact on our world. In thi...

Entry last updated: 22/05/25

Image: Nelson Mandela, 2000 (2) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Mandela,_2000_(2).jpg) by Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science on Wikimedia Commons.

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918, into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. He is best known for h...

Entry last updated: 22/05/25

Image: Queue outside New Zealand Smith Family Joyspreaders Inc, Wakefield Street, Wellington (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22717711) by Evening Post. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: 1/2-049826-F.

Great Depression

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The Great Depression lasted from 1929 until the mid-1930s. It started with the Wall Street Crash (also known as the Stock Market Crash), and led to people al...

Entry last updated: 29/04/25

Image: Sounding the Pūtātara (https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/5979/media?page=6) by Government House on The Governor-General of New Zealand.

Ngā pūoro Māori (Māori music)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Māori music has many important composers, some of whom use traditional mōteatea (chanted song-poetry), and others whose music includes introduced musical sty...

Entry last updated: 29/04/25