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Food

Food gives us energy, it helps us grow and it tastes good. We can get sick if we don't eat the right amount or right kind of food, or if we don't prepare it ...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Netball

Netball was adapted from an early version of basketball in the 1890s in the United States. Today it is a popular sport for girls and women in New Zealand and...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Tyrannosaurus rex model of the Natural History Museum London (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosaurus_rex_model_of_the_Natural_History_Museum_London.jpg) by APK on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs are extinct reptiles that lived on Earth during the Mesozoic era that occurred between 251–65 million years ago. Dinosaurs came in all shapes and s...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Manapouri power station at Lake Manapouri in the afternoon (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manapouri_power_station_at_Lake_Manapouri_in_the_afternoon.jpg) by Pseudopanax on Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Image cropped.

Renewable energy (junior)

Renewable energy comes from natural sources such as the sun, wind and water. These sources are sustainable as there is no risk of them running out. Using ren...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: left, a rocky wall; right a swirling wave; at the end, six people by M.A.C.T. (https://wellcomecollection.org/works/s7vhq2ab) on Wellcome Collection. CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behaviour of people and groups.

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Tararua Range, New Zealand (007) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tararua_Range,_New_Zealand_(007).JPG) by Michal Klajban on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Forests (New Zealand)

Aotearoa New Zealand's forest ecosystem supports native and introduced trees, shrubs, animals, and birds. Forests might have covered 80% of the land, but thi...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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Epidemics & pandemics

Epidemics are infectious diseases that spread quickly in a large area or country, causing widespread illness and sometimes death. When an epidemic is out of ...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Soldiers moving through ruins on the Cassino battlefront, Italy (https://pixabay.com/en/bomber-war-aircraft-airplane-world-429985/) by George Frederick Kaye. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: DA-05507-F. Image cropped.

World War Two

World War Two (World War II, WWII, or WW2) was a global war which resulted in the death of 50 to 85 million people. It became the deadliest and most widespre...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: MC Kathryn Tyree and sign language interpreter Bridgette Strid (45531783391) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MC_Kathryn_Tyree_and_sign_language_interpreter_Bridgette_Strid_(45531783391).jpg) by Catalyst Open Source on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Sign language (New Zealand)

Sign language is a way to communicate using body movements, facial expressions, and hand signals to give meaning. It is used when speech is not possible. For...

Entry last updated: 4/06/26