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Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Tsunamis

Tsunamis are destructive surges of water or waves in a sea, or large lake. They are caused by a significant movement on the sea bed, from an earthquake, a vo...

Entry last updated: 12/10/23

Image: White wind turbines (https://unsplash.com/photos/8NBACfGMFtw) by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Renewable energy

Renewable energy comes from natural sources like the sun, wind, water and natural gas. Non renewable energy comes from fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal. ...

Entry last updated: 27/05/22

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.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

European art history

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: 14/12/23

Image: Mr and Mrs John Nairn, with baby Irene (https://digitalnz.org/records/1813453/mr-and-mrs-john-nairn-with-baby-irene) by unknown on DigitalNZ

Early settlers (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

European settlers began to arrive in New Zealand from 1769. Find out how they arrived, where they came from, what life was like then, and how they interacted...

Entry last updated: 26/06/24

Image: Participants in the Land March crossing the Harbour Bridge, 1975 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/319869/rec/4) by the New Zealand Herald. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 589-0307.

Mana in Māori society

This entry has websites to help you understand the different meanings of mana and its importance in political, social and traditional relationships in Māori ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Cook's Landing At The Mouth Of The Turanganui River (https://collection.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz/objects/4073/cooks-landing-at-the-mouth-of-the-turanganui-river) by F F C Huddleston. Collection: Tairawhiti Museum.

Events of the East Coast

Māori lived on the East Coast for a long time before the arrival of European settlers, traders, whalers, and missionaries. The region is well known for the a...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: The Māori at work: natives planting their annual crop of potatoes, Ohinemuri, Auckland, New Zealand (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/179491/rec/8) by A Sherlock. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19030129-05-01.

Māori economy: opportunities and challenges

This entry will help you find the best websites and databases that explore the history and development of the Māori economy including the challenges Māori fa...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Rainbow Warrior II - Greenpeace (https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyrz/6005556124/) from Cyr0z on Flickr.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Nuclear-free New Zealand

New Zealand is a nuclear-free zone, which means no nuclear weapons or nuclear powered ships are allowed in our territory. Find out how New Zealanders protest...

Entry last updated: 20/09/24

Image: Premier Richard Seddon and King Togia of the Savage Islands (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/167748/rec/18) by Auckland Weekly News. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19000824-04-02.

Colonial power in the Pacific

This entry has collections and websites to help explore the history of New Zealand's presence and colonial power in the Pacific. It has examples of the rise ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24