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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Cave Creek is in Paparoa National Park on the West Coast of the South Island. On 28 April 1995, disaster struck when the viewing platform suspended high abov...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Sir Peter Blake was a famous New Zealand yachtsman. He had many sailing victories to his credit including the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race in 1989–90...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Māori lived on the East Coast for a long time before the arrival of European settlers, traders, whalers, and missionaries. The region is well known for the a...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Erebus disaster is considered New Zealand's worst air accident. On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 crashed on the slopes of Mount Erebus d...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Senior 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: 19/08/25Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Agriculture is the science of farming, which includes the best ways to grow crops and raise animals. Horticulture is a type of agriculture that is specifical...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25To recycle means to treat or process waste material (eg rubbish) so that it can be used again (reused). Recycling is important because it helps reduce pollut...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25New Zealand has many great scientists that work in a lot of different areas of science. Their research and discoveries have a big impact on our world. In thi...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918, into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. He is best known for h...
Entry last updated: 22/05/25Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
On 5 September 1939, Prime Minister Joseph Savage announced that New Zealand had joined the conflict that would become World War Two. New Zealand was mainly ...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25