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Regional Resources

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from the Waimakariri District.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Islam is the second largest in the world, and believers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe in one god, Allah, whose revelations were given to the p...

Regional Resources

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Marlborough.

Regional Resources

There are many places that are significant to Southland, known as Murihiku in Te Reo Māori. The following websites and museums have information about the his...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

In the early 13th to 17th century Māori, Polynesian and European voyagers journeyed to Aotearoa New Zealand for different reasons. They used waka (canoes), s...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Music is the pattern of sounds produced by people singing or playing musical instruments. It is also the art of creating or performing music. Written music u...

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...

Regional Resources

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...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Kapa 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...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Māori music has many important composers, some of whom use traditional mōteatea (chanted song-poetry), and others whose music includes introduced musical sty...