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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

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...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War Two took place from 1939 to 1945. Almost every country in the world was involved. It was the deadliest war ever, leaving millions dead and wounded....

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a highly contagious infection caused by a virus, called the poliovirus. Complications from polio depend on which part of the body...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Animal rights are all about the way humans treat animals. Sometimes animals are mistreated by people and need to be protected by law. There are many groups t...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Sailing is the use of sails and wind to move a boat forward on a sea, river or lake. People in Aotearoa New Zealand have been sailing for hundreds of years. ...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Fair trade is an international movement that aims to reduce poverty by working for better trading conditions between developing countries and the developed w...

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...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Historically people have been communicating with each other in many different ways. There is verbal communication, which uses sounds and spoken language, non...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

<On 10 July 1985, explosions on board the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior sunk the ship in the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland. The ship had just taken part ...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand is geographically far away from export markets. This makes trade an important part of our economy. In early colonial days, New Zealand exported g...