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Image: Tu Kaitote, the Pah of Te Whero Whero, on the Waikato, Taupiri Mountain in the distance (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_New_Zealanders_Illustrated#/media/File:TU_KAITOTE,_THE_PAH_OF_TE_WHERO_WHERO,_ON_THE_WAIKATO._TAUPIRI_MOUNTAIN_IN_THE_DISTANCE,_The_New_Zealanders_Illustrated,_1847.jpg) by George French Angas on Wikimedia Commons.

Māori history

Māori first arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand over 700 years ago (estimates range from 1250 to 1300 AD). They traveled by waka (canoe) from east ...

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

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.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Kapa Haka (https://www.flickr.com/photos/42371658@N00/6826684977/) by Tony on Flickr.

Te reo Māori (Māori language)

Te reo Māori is the native language of Aotearoa New Zealand. It is very important to Māori culture and identity, and forms a part of New Zealand's culture an...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=1%2F2-002952-F) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection.

Hawke's Bay earthquake 1931

The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...

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

Regional Resources

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: After the harvest, (52571451732) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:After_the_harvest,_(52571451732).jpg) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Agriculture & horticulture

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...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Air New Zealand McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP at London Heathrow Airport, July 1977 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_New_Zealand_DC-10-30_ZK-NZP_LHR_Jul_1977.png) by Eduard Marmet on Wikimedia Commons.

Erebus disaster 1979

The Erebus disaster is considered New Zealand's worst air accident. On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 crashed on the slopes of Mount Erebus d...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Lots of things have happened that have had an impact on the Selwyn District. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspe...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge Dusk (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_and_Harbour_Bridge_Dusk_(3)_2019-06-21.jpg) by Benh LIEU SONG on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Australia

Australia is made up of the Australian continent and the island of Tasmania. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere and is famous for its unique wildlife like ka...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25