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![Image: In remembrance of the Tangiwai disaster, 60 years ago on 24 December 1953 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/11440508555) by [unknown] on Flickr. Collection: Archives New Zealand.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/tf0N9t2eIpHjniWcdwt1K/86a077991c4a787b28b12384749bb51c/Tangiwai_disaster__1_.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Tangiwai is the site of the worst railway disaster in New Zealand’s history. It happened on Christmas Eve 1953 when the Wellington to Auckland night express...
Entry last updated: 26/05/22
Aotearoa New Zealand is full of creepy crawlies, from the bush to the backyard. These include spiders, insects and other invertebrates (animals that don't ha...
Entry last updated: 28/03/23
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Dame Whina Cooper, of Te Rarawa descent, was born in 1895 in northern Hokianga. She is best known for leading the famous 1975 land march (also called a hīkoi...
Entry last updated: 17/09/24
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Kiingitanga, the Māori King movement, was founded in 1858 with the aim of uniting the different tribes of Māori under a single leader. The current queen, Nga...
Entry last updated: 23/10/24
World War One was a major war fought between 1914 and 1918 which caused widespread destruction. More than 20 million people lost their lives. It has also bee...
Entry last updated: 26/05/22
World War Two (1939-1945) is also known as WW2, WWII, or the Second World War. This entry will show you how to find information about what daily life was lik...
Entry last updated: 26/05/22
The world of animals has been divided into different groups or classifications based on their characteristics. While some species of animals have been domest...
Entry last updated: 12/11/24![Image: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Thom's whaling station, Porerua. [Between 1842 and 1845] Engraved by Henry Melville; drawn by S C Brees [London, 1847] (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23222459) by Samuel Charles Brees. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: PUBL-0020-05-3.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/7GsTfDc93oYNO1VZSw06HE/c9dd4b1540d1e47bdfe140a1166719d6/nlnzimage.jpg)
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...
Entry last updated: 26/06/24
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The French Revolution often referred to as the Revolution of 1789 took place in France between 1787 and 1799. It was in response to social and political ineq...
Entry last updated: 29/04/24![Image: Machine gun practice (http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/am_library-photography-67887) by [Unknown]. Collection: Auckland War Memorial Museum.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5jInBsNtUps5sO0N5EU22s/93c5c0a3a94d694acf01467b4283ae3c/https___media.api.aucklandmuseum.com_id_media_p_e0dda710748d0fbde3a55a3974c0d929689e9d15_rendering_original.jpg)
World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. It is called a 'world war' because so many different countries were involve...
Entry last updated: 8/11/24