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Image: Dry riverbed (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattandkim/94501076) by Shever on Flickr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Climate change

Climate change is a change in worldwide climate patterns, like the weather. It is a very important topic in current events because the world is seeing a very...

Entry last updated: 14/11/24

Image: The Fiordland National Park.NZ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/13816861254/in/photolist-n3X2tL-sd3SBY-kgi4tv-nMVjPo-6FFYPE-sfL29t-tGgLS-dNqV2s-EmdjPE-fudzMs-dNqViu-jCBxEQ-6zBH5B-opyTgN-phg19h-rnAtSH-S5KyJT-s2Y3xB-EysaVu-aTpytn-kBi2LU-gEEDHq-kgdR1n-gEEFn7-pCVGrm-dyV9eC-kBi2D9-dNr1Cs-fYyxBa-9vRCEm-fT349q-dyUZJd-dK7KF5-5yF87K-dyV1Ww-dyUZdb-7noA4w-p8jnjR-pyHZM7-oqo8rM-pPWtG4-dNFDJf-G28Wj6-dxXL3v-4VZfC3-gEEEkN-pB2UEq-dKot5b-RPgzjN-jEg2t2) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Flickr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Conservation (New Zealand)

Conservation is about preserving and protecting New Zealand's natural environment, wildlife and their habitats including marine reserves. This entry explore...

Entry last updated: 15/11/24

Image: Kororāreka (Russell) 1844 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/35759981@N08/17386510391/in/pool-teara/) from Archives NZ on Flickr.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

New Zealand Wars

The New Zealand Wars (ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) were a series of battles and smaller conflicts that took place between the 1840s and the 1870s mainly in the No...

Entry last updated: 11/12/24

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

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: New Zealand Shipping Company offices, Gisborne (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/61862/rec/11) by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1643-10497.

Places of the East Coast

Gisborne District Council is divided into the East Coast and Poverty Bay. Gisborne, Te Araroa, Ruatoria, and Waikohu are some of the historic towns in this r...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Maori Leaders of Gisborne (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22678554) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: 1/2-044562-F.

People of the East Coast

This section will help you get familiar with iwi, hapū, groups of people, and well-known names in politics, sport, and entertainment from this rohe (region).

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Kakapo Sirocco (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kakapo_Sirocco_1.jpg) by Chris Birmingham | Department of Conservation on Wikimedia Commons.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand birds

Aotearoa New Zealand has many unique birds, from forest parrots to flightless birds, sea birds and birds of prey. In this entry we will show you how to find ...

Entry last updated: 9/01/24

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about events from Tasman's histories.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24