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Image: Hoani Waititi Marae, Glen Eden (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/12119/rec/1) by Adana Dobranis. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections GLEN-D-2014-0017.
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Urbanisation and being Māori

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This entry will help you find information about Māori migration to cities, their challenges, and what this meant for their identity as Māori. You will also f...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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Image: Cook's Landing At The Mouth Of The Turanganui River (https://collection.tairawhitimuseum.org.nz/objects/4073/cooks-landing-at-the-mouth-of-the-turanganui-river) by F F C Huddleston. Collection: Tairawhiti Museum.
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Events of the East Coast

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Māori 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: 14/05/24
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Image: Arch celebrating peace, Jackson Street 1919 (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22341931) by [unkown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: PAColl-9308-08.
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Events of Lower Hutt

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Many events have shaped Lower Hutt into what it is today. This page will give some examples and recommend resources that you might find useful to explore the...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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Image: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :View of Nelson Haven in Tasman's Gulf, New Zealand, including a part of the site of the intended town of Nelson 1841 (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22435037). Drawn in November 1841 by C. Heaphy, Draftsman to the New Zealand Company. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: C-025-015.
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Events of Nelson

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Many things have happened that have had an impact on Nelson, find out about them using these websites and collections.

Entry last updated: 27/06/24
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Image: Rolleston town development (https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/3210?keywords=town&highlights=WyJ0b3duIl0=&lsk=acbda7dcbbf9afac60596d523a156937) by Annette Foster. Collection: Kā Kōrero o Waikirikiri | Selwyn Stories
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Places of Selwyn

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Descendants of Te Ruahikihiki settled on the shores of Te Waihora | Lake Ellesmere. Selwyn District is named after the river, which was named for Bishop Geor...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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Image: "Rongo" (https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/211166) by Paul S Allen. Collection: He Purapura Marara | Scattered Seeds. Courtesy of Dunedin Public Libraries.
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Events of Otago

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Many things have happened that have had an impact on Otago. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspectives.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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Image: Fire in the hills behind Nelson Pine Industries MDF plant 7 February 2019 (https://heritage.tasmanlibraries.govt.nz/nodes/view/4299) on Tasman Heritage.
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Events of Tasman

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Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about events from Tasman's histories.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24
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Image: Princes Street, Dunedin (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22765706) by Sydney Charles Smith. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library.
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Places of Otago

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There are many places that are significant to Otago. Find out about the histories of these places.

Entry last updated: 19/07/24
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Image: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Thom's whaling station, Porerua. [Between 1842 and 1845] Engraved by Henry Melville; drawn by S C Brees [London, 1847] (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23222459) by Samuel Charles Brees. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: PUBL-0020-05-3.
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Sealing & whaling (New Zealand)

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Sealers and whalers from around the world started arriving in Aotearoa in the late 1700s. Māori probably didn't hunt whales before the arrival of whalers, bu...

Entry last updated: 26/06/24
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Gilsemans 1642 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilsemans_1642.jpg) by Isaack Gilsemans on Wikimedia Commons.
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First encounters (New Zealand)

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2019 marked 250 years since the first meeting between Māori and the Europeans. This happened when James Cook, on board the Endeavour, sighted New Zealand on ...

Entry last updated: 26/06/24
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