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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
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
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: 14/04/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Although there was a Māori contingent in the First World War, the 28th Māori Battalion was only established in October 1939. Part of the 2nd New Zealand Expe...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Rotorua.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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
There are many places that are significant to Marlborough, known as Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka in te reo Māori.
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.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5z8jnxR7G2OpOCAGIW5xCO/ff3e0c401503cb23108647994fcb820d/Maori_leaders_of_Gisborne.jpg)
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
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
World War One, also called the First World War or the Great War, took place between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand was part of the British Empire then, so we joi...
Entry last updated: 19/08/25
There are many places that are significant to Nelson, known as Whakatū in te reo Māori. Use the recommended resources to find out about their histories.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
The following resources explore a number of historical events that have had an impact on Southland | Murihiku and can offer some different perspectives.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24