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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: Tairawhiti Museum.

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.

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.

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: The Fiordland National Park.NZ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/13816861254/in/photolist-n3X2tL-sd3SBY-kgi4tv-nMVjPo-6FFYPE-sfL29t-tGgLS-dNqV2s-EmdjPE-fudzMs-dNqViu-jCBxEQ-6zBH5B-opyTgN-phg19h-rnAtSH-S5KyJT-s2Y3xB-EysaVu-aTpytn-kBi2LU-gEEDHq-kgdR1n-gEEFn7-pCVGrm-dyV9eC-kBi2D9-dNr1Cs-fYyxBa-9vRCEm-fT349q-dyUZJd-dK7KF5-5yF87K-dyV1Ww-dyUZdb-7noA4w-p8jnjR-pyHZM7-oqo8rM-pPWtG4-dNFDJf-G28Wj6-dxXL3v-4VZfC3-gEEEkN-pB2UEq-dKot5b-RPgzjN-jEg2t2) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Flickr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Conservation (New Zealand)

Conservation is about preserving and protecting New Zealand's natural environment, wildlife and their habitats including marine reserves. This entry explore...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Kate Sheppard Memorial. FZ200 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/14409824662) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Flickr

Women's suffrage (New Zealand)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

On 19 September 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country to enfranchise women or give women the right to vote. Voting rights for women or wom...

Entry last updated: 3/09/25

Image: Rainbow Cross Walk, George Street (https://digitalnz.org/records/40398100/rainbow-cross-walk-george-street) by Evan Greensides. Collection: Manawatū Heritage. On DigitalNZ.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

LGBTQIA+ history

LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual (or ally) and more. The '+' signifies the ongoing acceptance...

Entry last updated: 7/07/25

The Tasman region has lots of wonderful places including geographical features, townships, buildings, and historical sites that can help you understand its h...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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.

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