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Image: Statue of Pania of the Reef. Napier, New Zealand (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Pania_of_the_Reef,_Napier,_New_Zealand_(27268691771).jpg) from Archives New Zealand on Wikimedia Commons.

People of Hawke's Bay

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Hawke's Bay.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: HekeKawiti1846 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HekeKawiti1846.jpg) by Joseph Jenner Merrett on Wikimedia Commons.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Hōne Heke (?–1850)

Hōne Heke (Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai) was a Māori leader from the Ngāpuhi iwi, born in the early 1800s in the far north of New Zealand Aotearoa. He was known fo...

Entry last updated: 11/09/25

Image: War veterans at the dedication ceremony for the Takapuna War memorial, The Strand, Takapuna (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/31437/rec/161) by Fiona Henderson. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections T7394.

Changing views on conflict

This entry recommends resources to find out how New Zealand's involvement and views of conflict have changed over time, and how wars are commemorated. It als...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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: Anti-Springbok tour demonstration, Willis St, Wellington (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23181718) by Evening Post. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Springbok Rugby Tour 1981

In 1981 the South African rugby team, the Springboks came to tour New Zealand. They had toured before, but the South African apartheid system was causing an ...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: New Zealand Milford Sound (https://www.flickr.com/photos/madeinnz/32412413196/) by Alistair Campion on Flickr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Tourism (New Zealand)

New Zealand is a very popular tourist destination and international tourism is one of the largest contributors to the economy. The country's diverse scenic b...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: In remembrance of the Tangiwai disaster, 60 years ago on 24 December 1953 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/11440508555) by [unknown] on Flickr. Collection: Archives New Zealand.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Tangiwai disaster 1953

Tangiwai is the site of the worst railway disaster in New Zealand’s history. It happened on Christmas Eve 1953 when the Wellington to Auckland night express ...

Entry last updated: 27/11/24

Image: Hoani Waititi Marae, Glen Eden (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/12119/rec/1) by Adana Dobranis. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GLEN-D-2014-0017.

Urbanisation and being Māori

This entry will help you find information about Māori migration to cities, their challenges, and what this meant for their identity as Māori. You will also f...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Kate Sheppard Memorial. FZ200 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/14409824662) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Flickr

Women's suffrage (New Zealand)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country to enfranchise women or give women the right to vote. Voting rights for women or wom...

Entry last updated: 3/09/25