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Image: Historic Brunner Mine Site, West Coast, NZ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingkiwigirl/18217782855/in/photolist-tKQU9p-S5tfSb-ttfEyY-ttfC3q-tHveTN-ttosUD-tKw2ou-tKXcmK-ttf4jN-ttotfi-boPibM) by Shellie on Flickr.

Pike River Mine disaster 2010

The explosion at Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 killed 29 men. This was a major disaster for New Zealand in recent times. Two years later the Royal Comm...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: The goat mascot of the New Zealand Engineers, France (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22712390) by Henry Armytage Sanders. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: 1/2-013133-G. Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

World War One (animals)

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

Entry last updated: 11/07/25

Image: Group of Indians, 1962 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/309876/rec/28) by [Unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1851-004

Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion

This entry recommends places to find information about the history of immigration to Tāmaki Makaurau and New Zealand. This includes immigration laws and chan...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Cave Creek Memorial Track MRD 20 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_Creek_Memorial_Track_MRD_20.jpg) by Mike Dickison on Wikimedia Commons.

Cave Creek disaster 1995

Cave Creek is in Paparoa National Park on the West Coast of the South Island. On 28 April 1995, disaster struck when the viewing platform suspended high abov...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: [Lac Blanc, Chamonix, France (https://unsplash.com/@shotz?photo=SpNbLsJuuYQ)] by Nicolas Cool on Unsplash.

Explorers and exploration

Over time explorers have travelled widely to visit undiscovered parts of the world. There have been many periods of exploration from the Ancient Greeks and R...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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

Image: Slave shackles (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_601251) by [unknown]. Collection: National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution.

Slavery

A slave is a person who is owned by others and forced to work hard for little or no money. Slavery has taken place throughout history with the ancient Romans...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Images: Downtown Shopping Centre demolition, 2016 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/64032) by Matt Elliot. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1385-0312

Economic independence and vulnerability

This entry will help you find information about the history behind Auckland's economic progress and independence, and the factors that impacted it.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Marae for Cook Islanders, Māngere, 1991 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/35910/rec/43) by [unkown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 03495.

Decolonising the Pacific

This entry will help you find the best websites and collections to explore the decolonisation of the Pacific, including Aotearoa New Zealand's continued inte...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24