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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Digital citizenship is about the way people use the internet (eg social media) and technology. It is also about how they behave online. It includes: having d...
Entry last updated: 27/02/26
The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia. It has many of Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, the summit of Mount Everest. The mountain range pass...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25![Image: In remembrance of the Tangiwai disaster, 60 years ago on 24 December 1953 (https://digitalnz.org/records/32965579/in-remembrance-of-the-tangiwai-disaster-60-years-ago-on-24-december-1953) by [unknown] on DigitalNZ. Collection: Archives New Zealand. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). Image cropped.](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: 27/11/24![Image: Dairy farming in Northern Auckland, a Waikiekie homestead (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/166381/rec/3) by [unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19010322-08-02. No known copyright. Image cropped.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1cDKy1Jd1ta8IsQyeUwSwc/33b4ec4984100e13e49a72afec2e5922/photos_166381_extralarge.jpg)
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 ...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24![Image: WW1 soldier Allan McMillan writing at a desk at Oatlands Park, Surrey, England (http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/900353) by [unknown]. Collection: Te Papa. Ref: O.031467. No known copyright. Image cropped.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/myUJkNYapHUENnlGYsAt2/c1d628297e2a6a917d31392dfd5c4ced/World_War_One__primary_sources_.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
People who lived during World War One and soon after left behind lots of diaries, photos, letters, manuscripts, and other such documents that recorded event...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their homeland because of war or persecution. Many countries, including New Zealand, have a refugee quota —...
Entry last updated: 6/07/26
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Everything is made of chemicals. There are natural chemicals, like those made by plants and animals, and there are also synthetic chemicals, those that peopl...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
There are many successful New Zealand authors who have written books for children, young adults and adults. In this entry, we will show you where to find inf...
Entry last updated: 11/09/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Influenza, most commonly called the flu is a disease that is caused by a virus, which affects the upper and lower respiratory tract. In 1918 an influenza pan...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Renewable energy comes from natural sources such as the sun, wind and water. These sources are sustainable as there is no risk of them running out. Using ren...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25