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Image: Anti-Springbok tour demonstration, Willis St, Wellington (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23181718) by Evening Post. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: 35mm-01602-25-F. Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Springbok Rugby Tour 1981

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

Image: Queue outside New Zealand Smith Family Joyspreaders Inc, Wakefield Street, Wellington (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22717711) by Evening Post. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: 1/2-049826-F. Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Great Depression

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

Image: Tu Kaitote, the Pah of Te Whero Whero, on the Waikato, Taupiri Mountain in the distance (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TU_KAITOTE,_THE_PAH_OF_TE_WHERO_WHERO,_ON_THE_WAIKATO._TAUPIRI_MOUNTAIN_IN_THE_DISTANCE,_The_New_Zealanders_Illustrated,_1847.jpg) by George French Angas on Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Māori history

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

Image: The emigrants (http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/Object/39550) by William Allsworth. Collection: Te Papa. No Known Copyright Restrictions (https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/about-collections-online#no-known-copyright). Image Cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Immigration (New Zealand)

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

Image: The Māori at work: natives planting their annual crop of potatoes, Ohinemuri, Auckland, New Zealand (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/179491/rec/8) by A Sherlock. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19030129-05-01. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Māori economy: opportunities and challenges

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

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.

Transforming environments

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

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. No known copyright. Image cropped.

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

Image: Group of Indians, 1962 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/309876/rec/28) by [Unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1851-004. Image cropped.

Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion

This entry recommends places to find information about the history of immigration to Tāmaki Makaurau and New Zealand. This includes immigration laws and chan...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24