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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. Image cropped.

Sealing & whaling (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

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: 14/04/26

Images: Downtown Shopping Centre demolition, 2016 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/64032) by Matt Elliot. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1385-0312. Image cropped.

Economic independence and vulnerability

Regional Resources

This entry will help you find information about the history behind Auckland's economic progress and independence, and the factors that impacted it.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupō) from Mt Ada, Canterbury, New Zealand (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyttelton_Harbour_(Whakaraup%C5%8D)_from_Mt_Ada,_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.jpg) by Michal Klajban on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Places of Christchurch

Regional Resources

Christchurch | Ōtautahi is the largest city in the South Island. It covers the area from the Waimakariri River to Banks Peninsula, and shares a border with S...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Maori Leaders of Gisborne (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22678554) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: 1/2-044562-F. Image cropped.

People of the East Coast

Regional Resources

This section will help you get familiar with iwi, hapū, groups of people, and well-known names in politics, sport, and entertainment from this rohe (region).

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: The Olympic Rings in Tokyo 02 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Olympic_Rings_in_Tokyo_02.jpg) by RuinDig/Yuki Uchida on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Athletes from hundreds of countries meet to compete for gold, silver, and bronze medal...

Entry last updated: 18/03/26

Image: Digitální hygiena počítače (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Digit%C3%A1ln%C3%AD_hygiena_po%C4%8D%C3%ADta%C4%8De.jpg) by Marketingjpik on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Digital citizenship

Digital citizenship is about the way people use the internet (eg social media) and technology. It is also about how they behave online. It includes: having d...

Entry last updated: 27/02/26

Image: Bitcoin currency stack (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bitcoin_currency_stack.jpg) by MasterTux on Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Cryptocurrency

A cryptocurrency is a virtual or digital currency built on cryptography (secure communication techniques). Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency and created b...

Entry last updated: 11/12/24

Image: Whina Cooper addressing Maori Land March at Hamilton (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22700614) by Christian Heinegg. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: 35mm-87529-13-F. Image cropped.

Dame Whina Cooper (1895–1994)

Dame Whina Cooper, of Te Rarawa descent, was born in 1895 in northern Hokianga. She is best known for leading the famous 1975 land march (also called a hīkoi...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Nervous system - Functional areas of the Brain -- Smart-Servier (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nervous_system_-_Functional_areas_of_the_Brain_--_Smart-Servier.png) by
Laboratoires Servier on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Human body

The human body is made up of many different parts, all of which have a special function or job. When several parts work together they are called body systems...

Entry last updated: 28/05/26