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Image: Uluru at sunrise June 2016 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluru_at_sunrise_June_2016.jpg) by BradfullerOz on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image Cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

History (Australia)

Australia is a country in the Pacific region. It was first settled by Aboriginal people thousands of years ago, and then in the late 1700s it was used by Bri...

Entry last updated: 25/05/26

Image: Slave shackles (COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM IJzeren voetring voor gevangenen TMnr 3912-475.jpg) by Collectie Wereldmuseum (v/h Tropenmuseum), part of the National Museum of World Cultures, on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Slavery

A slave is a person who is owned by others and forced to work hard for little or no money. Slavery has taken place throughout history with the ancient Romans...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Images: Downtown Shopping Centre demolition, 2016 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/64032) by Matt Elliot. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1385-0312. Image cropped.

Economic independence and vulnerability

This entry will help you find information about the history behind Auckland's economic progress and independence, and the factors that impacted it.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Māori Settlement at Moturoa (https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/177675/maori-settlement-at-moturoa) by Auckland Weekly News/F.C. Winzenberg. Collection: Puke Ariki. Ref: PHO2015-0233. Public Domain. Image cropped.

People of New Plymouth

This page has some collections and websites you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from New Plymouth.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Images: A New Zealand timber for export to Australia (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/281941/rec/5) by J M Henderson. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19330308-46-01. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Technology and economic development

This entry will help you understand how advances in technology and land acquisition developed Auckland's economy but greatly impacted Māori and their economy.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Government (New Zealand)

New Zealand has a democratic system of government, with elections taking place every three years. The head of government is the Prime Minister. The system of...

Entry last updated: 28/07/26

Image: The European Galleries, The Layton Art Gallery at the Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_Art_Museum_January_2023_15_(The_European_Galleries--The_Layton_Art_Gallery).jpg) by Michael Barera on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

European art history

European Art is a visual art that has many stylistic periods that show the topical subjects, artistic styles and social influences of that time. The stylisti...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Lots of things have happened that have had an impact on Wellington. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspectives.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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Events of Christchurch

Through our histories, lots of things have happened that have had an impact on Christchurch | Ōtautahi. The following resources explore these events and can ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24