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Image: 00 4362 Rarotongo Cookinseln - Foöklore (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:00_4362_Rarotongo_Cookinseln_-_Fo%C3%B6klore.jpg) by W. Bulach on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a country in the Pacific Ocean made up of 15 different islands. Rarotonga is the largest of the 15 islands. The capital Avarua is found o...

Entry last updated: 19/08/25

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. Image cropped.

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

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Kapa haka

Kapa haka is a traditional Māori performing art involving waiata (songs), dance and chanting. Kapa haka is performed by groups on a marae and in a variety of...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Parihaka

Parihaka is a Māori settlement in Taranaki. It was founded in the mid 1860s by Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. At this time land was being divided up an...

Entry last updated: 11/05/26

Image: Nairn Family Portrait (https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/e8760b44-819c-44cd-8c51-7e2f02f9c27b) by [unknown] on Manawatū Heritage.

Early settlers (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

European settlers began to arrive in New Zealand from 1769. Over the years settlers from many parts of the world have moved to live here too. Find out how th...

Entry last updated: 3/08/26

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: Tairāwhiti Museum. Ref: 1955.1134. Image use (https://tairawhitimuseum.org.nz/collections/image-use/). Image cropped.

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: Gaziantep Achaeological Museum Poseidon mosaic Poseidon in 2007 0337b (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaziantep_Achaeological_Museum_Poseidon_mosaic_Poseidon_in_2007_0337b.jpg) by Dosseman on Wikimedia Commons. CC by 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Myths and legends

Every culture has its own myths and legends. Legends are semi-true stories based on historical facts, events, and people. Myths are stories based on legends ...

Entry last updated: 15/06/26

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. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

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: The Hi Diddle Griddle Restaurant, Karangahape Road, 1960 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/74490#.Yw1xnCXMM9A.link) by Rykenberg Photography on Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1269-B0750-24. Image cropped.

Finding a place in Aotearoa New Zealand

Since the 1700s, new people have immigrated to Aotearoa. Some came in search of a better way of life or because their country was no longer safe. Newcomers c...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24