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Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Sealers and whalers from around the world started arriving in Aotearoa in the late 1700s. Māori probably didn't hunt whales before the arrival of whalers, bu...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand is far away from export markets and this has made trading an important part of our economy. In early colonial days, New Zealand exported goods li...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Agriculture is the science of farming, which includes the best ways to grow crops and raise animals. Horticulture is a type of agriculture that is specifical...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Sailing is the use of sails and wind to move a boat forward on a sea, river or lake. People in Aotearoa New Zealand have been sailing for hundreds of years. ...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Captain James Cook was a British sea captain, navigator and explorer. He spent many years sailing around and mapping the South Pacific. He visited New Zeala...

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

World War Two (WWII or WW2), also called the Second World War, took place between 1939 and 1945. It is called a world war because most of the world's major c...

Regional Resources

This entry explores changes made by settlers to Aotearoa's natural environment, their naming of places and features, and efforts to conserve and restore its ...

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...

Regional Resources

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

Regional Resources

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