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Image: Malala Yousafzai at the 2023 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture (53378135081) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malala_Yousafzai_at_the_2023_Nelson_Mandela_Annual_Lecture_(53378135081).jpg) by flowcomm on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Famous people

Famous people are people who are well known throughout the world for what they have done. They come from all areas of life, including politics, sport, music,...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Colonial power in the Pacific

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: 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: New Zealand Shipping Company offices, Gisborne (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/61862/rec/11) by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1643-10497. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Places of the East Coast

Gisborne District Council is divided into the East Coast and Poverty Bay. Gisborne, Te Araroa, Ruatoria, and Waikohu are some of the historic towns in this r...

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. Image cropped.

People of the East Coast

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

Image: Execution of Louis XVI (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinrichtung_Ludwig_des_XVI.png) by Georg Heinrich Sieveking on Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

French Revolution 1789

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: 16/01/25

Image: Skibladner replica Viking longship, Haroldswick - geograph.org.uk - 6298903 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skibladner_replica_Viking_longship,_Haroldswick_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6298903.jpg) by Mike Pennington on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Vikings

Around the 9th century AD, Vikings travelled from Scandinavia to raid towns and settlements around Europe and the British Isles. These seafaring warriors fro...

Entry last updated: 6/12/24

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport. Two teams of five players try to score points by shooting the basketball through the other team’s hoop. The ball can be bounced o...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Group of Indians, 1962 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/309876/rec/28) by [Unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1851-004. Image cropped.

Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion

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

Entry last updated: 14/05/24