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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Digital citizenship is about the way people use the internet and interact with social media. It includes thinking critically about the things you find online...
Entry last updated: 15/11/24
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The explosion at Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 killed 29 men. This was a major disaster for New Zealand in recent times. Two years later the Royal Comm...
Entry last updated: 15/01/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
A cryptocurrency is a virtual or digital currency built on cryptography (secure communication techniques). Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and created b...
Entry last updated: 11/12/24![Image: Korean houseboy and New Zealand soldiers (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23211367) by [unknown] on Alexander Turnbull Library. ](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/3LSTUtibaKBPGf8hgnFoS/fb74df6176e44294eb47a4d3009cb59d/Korean_war.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The Korean War was fought between North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea). North Korea had the support of Chin...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25![Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=1%2F2-002952-F) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5oUf5Q7nthxN1U9AkOUtHP/f770fef4e34d89eb2ce6f3047f36d9ea/mini_magick20220721-1-ku8kyc.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25![Image: Vietnam War (https://digitalnz.org/records/37782219/vietnam-war) by [Unknown] on DigitalNZ. Archives New Zealand reference: ABFK 22686 W4312 Box 17 / [4].](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5mi1NvalBdS6CiFqX0Fzn5/36cb33f38256e6ecbcf32777a5bcc036/vietnam_war.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was fought between the United States of America (USA) and the Communist forces in Vietnam. The war b...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
In 1981 the South African rugby team, the Springboks came to tour New Zealand. They had toured before, but the South African apartheid system was causing an ...
Entry last updated: 12/12/24
Many things have happened that have had an impact on Nelson, find out about them using these websites and collections.
Entry last updated: 27/06/24![Image: World War II Wellington bombers (https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/4822040300) by [unknown] on Flickr.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/6JKqYvgpSpSTUn8nV7YKUD/9f3f76da82a8c9d28da3315889ea648a/WWII_Wellington_bombers__1_.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
World War Two took place between 1939 to 1945. This war involved almost every part of the world. It became the deadliest in history, and resulted in the deat...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25![Image: Protesters on Hill Street, Wellington, marching during a demonstration against the 1981 Springbok tour (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23242398) by [unknown]. Collection Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: EP/1981/2884/11a-F.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/6BSpnGeCudpS9Neg0eYCEu/19e28d33d87204df24acaca561b25106/9_Protesters_on_Hill_Street__Wellington__marching_during_a_demonstration_against_the_1981_Springbok_tour__ATL_Ref___EP-1981-.png)
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