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2019 marked 250 years since the first meeting between Māori and the Europeans. This happened when James Cook, on board the Endeavour, sighted New Zealand on ...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Calendars are a way of dividing and measuring time into manageable pieces. Calendars start with small units building into larger units, days, months, years. ...
Entry last updated: 13/01/25World War Two (WWII or WW2), also called the Second World War, took place between 1939 and 1945. It is called a world war because most countries were involve...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 18th century. Populations of cities grew rapidly in this cultural shift, which marked the change from ...
Entry last updated: 26/11/24Humans have been fascinated with the stars for thousands of years, but were unable to visit space until the 20th century. Space exploration began in 1957 whe...
Entry last updated: 14/07/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister who became the most powerful voice of the American civil rights movement in t...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25World 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: 10/07/25The New Zealand gold rush began with the discovery of gold in the Coromandel area in 1852. As more gold was discovered, people came to New Zealand from all o...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Diwali, known as the Hindu Festival of Lights has been celebrated for more than 2,500 years. It falls in either October or November each year, depending on t...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Kapa haka is a traditional Māori performing art involving waiata (songs), dance and chanting. Kapa haka is performed by groups on a marae and in a variety of...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25