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Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Classical music has developed and changed over hundreds of years. Music from each of the four main eras has a distinct sound as composers experimented with e...
Entry last updated: 16/01/25Music 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...
Entry last updated: 3/02/25Junior 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...
Entry last updated: 11/12/24New Zealand's singers and musicians have been influenced by music brought in by the early settlers, Māori music tradition and popular music trends over the y...
Entry last updated: 16/01/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Māori first arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand over 700 years ago (estimates range from 1250 to 1300 AD). They traveled by waka (canoe) from east ...
Entry last updated: 26/11/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
People who write music are called composers. Music is written using musical symbols called notation so that musicians can read it. This written music is call...
Entry last updated: 15/11/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
On 13 September 1975, around 5000 people marched from Te Hāpua in the North Island down to Parliament in Wellington. This Māori land march or hīkoi (march) l...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25New Zealand observes many different festivals and celebrations throughout the year. These include arts, music and film festivals, as well as traditional cele...
Entry last updated: 5/12/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi, or the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed on 6 February 1840, and since that time it has been the basis for the relationship between Māori ...
Entry last updated: 7/03/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The geographic region of the Pacific Islands includes Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. It is believed that thousands of years ago people came to this reg...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25