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Image: People on roof top overlooking ruins of J. Ballantyne and Company Dunstable House building (https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1052493?k) by Mr Tudor Washington Collins. Collection: Auckland War Memorial Museum. Ref: PH-2013-7-TC-B760-03. Image cropped.

Ballantynes fire 1947

Ballantynes is a well-known department store in Christchurch. On 18 November 1947 a fire broke out in the store and many workers were trapped inside. 41 peop...

Entry last updated: 1/12/25

Image: Treaty at Pā Whakairo (https://collection.hawkesbaymuseum.com/objects/6557/treaty-at-pa-whakairo) by Horatio Gordon Robley. Collection: Hawke's Bay Museum. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Public Domain. Image cropped.

Events of Hawke's Bay

Regional Resources

Throughout our history, lots of things have happened that have had an impact on Hawke's Bay. Use the recommended resources to find out about them.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Police vehicles in Taumarunui Fire Brigade 100th parade (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9932045) by 111 Emergency on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Dawn Raids (New Zealand)

In the 1970s the New Zealand police went to the homes of Pacific Peoples who they believed had overstayed their visas or work permits. Many people were sent ...

Entry last updated: 6/07/26

Image: September 1988 Flood, Grey River in Flood, Greymouth (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:September_1988_Flood,_Grey_River_in_Flood,_Greymouth._CC339.jpg) by John Charlton on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Floods

Floods happen when large amounts of water from rivers, oceans, seas and lakes overflow onto land. This can result in the loss of lives, and the destruction o...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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: 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: Strongman Mine Disaster memorial MRD 02 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strongman_Mine_Disaster_memorial_MRD_02.jpg) by Mike Dickison on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Disasters (New Zealand)

This entry focuses on New Zealand disasters like shipwrecks, mining disasters and transport disasters. These disasters are often referred to as accidents and...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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: Air New Zealand McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP at London Heathrow Airport, July 1977 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_New_Zealand_DC-10-30_ZK-NZP_LHR_Jul_1977.png) by Eduard Marmet on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Erebus disaster 1979

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: 10/07/25