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![Image: Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (36233249121) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Luther_King_Jr_National_Historic_Site_(36233249121).jpg) by [unknown] on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. Image cropped.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5gDfi8pdZWd0hTZNjb8jep/ced378c123cf7249fcf2e3b66495315d/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_National_Historic_Site__36233249121__Wikimedia_Commons.png)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The American Civil Rights Movement began in the 1950s. It was a mass protest by African American people against segregation and discrimination based on race ...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25
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: 28/07/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 until the mid-1930s. It started with the Wall Street Crash (also known as the Stock Market Crash), and led to people al...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The movement of people from one place to another is called migration, and when people enter a new country to live, it is called immigration. Aotearoa New Zea...
Entry last updated: 6/07/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Māori came to Aotearoa New Zealand more than 700 years ago, between 1250 and 1300 CE. They travelled by waka (canoes) from East Polynesia and landed at diffe...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26
This entry will help you find the best websites and databases that explore the history and development of the Māori economy including the challenges Māori fa...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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...
Entry last updated: 25/09/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
There are many past and present Māori leaders and Māori heroes whose achievements and special qualities make them stand out in both the Māori and Pākehā worl...
Entry last updated: 25/09/26![Image: Dairy farming in Northern Auckland, a Waikiekie homestead (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/166381/rec/3) by [unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19010322-08-02. No known copyright. Image cropped.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1cDKy1Jd1ta8IsQyeUwSwc/33b4ec4984100e13e49a72afec2e5922/photos_166381_extralarge.jpg)
This entry explores changes made by settlers to Aotearoa's natural environment, their naming of places and features, and efforts to conserve and restore its ...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
There are many places that are significant to Southland, known as Murihiku in Te Reo Māori. The following websites and museums have information about the his...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24