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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

Peopling the colony: inclusion and exclusion

Regional Resources

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

Image: The Seat of Government (https://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/484219611/in/photolist-JMKBZ-nA7WJo-9NAqQe-rSX8VY-9NFVNX-fUkmTs-gvdzRd-9NJAiA-awQLgX-9Nv8dj-9NEdXe-fgiDqw-oqFzVZ-h3qiQz-9NEYMC-9NC9uz-ob4KsY-fwNBEY-9NFmxc-XNEzCJ-9NvF6h-9NvFDv-hU2wn4-9NJbtw-9NDgMs-fUkjHq-5M7ifS-bG2m2n-9NJfwE-5yHGRk-9NJdLE-6jkFkg-9DQig5-7212d4-o8bVa1-bt7vmd-5yHGGk-RupZej-maVj2L-7PZixG-7PVYDx-6aUdPQ-w8f1u7-Pa1S1W-p6cfj7-vhzefM-Qg368P-S2TNDo-Sp7VRQ-uNBZky) by Ewan Munro on Flickr.

Government (New Zealand)

New Zealand has a democratic system of government, with elections taking place every three years. The head of government is the Prime Minister. The system of...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Five World War Two nurses, including Jean Bond (https://digitalnz.org/records/33840122/five-world-war-two-nurses-including-jean-bond-photograph) by [unknown]. Collection: Picture Wairarapa. On DigitalNZ.

World War Two (primary sources)

Primary sources are things like letters, diaries, photos, poems and other documents and objects created during the war or soon after by people who were invol...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Jean Batten and her Percival Gull (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_Batten_and_her_Percival_Gull.jpg) by Archives New Zealand on Wikimedia Commons (cropped from original).

Jean Batten (1909–1982)

Jean Batten was an early New Zealand aviator. Gaining her pilot licence in 1930, she went on to break multiple records for fastest solo flights. She was famo...

Entry last updated: 11/09/25

Image: 1918 flu outbreak (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1918_flu_outbreak2.jpg)by Library of Congress on Wikimedia Commons.

Influenza pandemic 1918

Influenza, most commonly called the flu is a disease that is caused by a virus, which affects the upper and lower respiratory tract. In 1918 an influenza pan...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Hikoi marching over the Auckland Harbour Bridge from Northcote (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/33579/rec/3) by Judith Waaka. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections N0111080

Sovereignty vs rangatiratanga: wars, laws and policies

Regional Resources

This entry recommends websites where you can find information about the impacts of land laws on Māori, the New Zealand Wars, and attempts by Māori to find ju...

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: 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.

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: 25/06/25

Image: Peter Blake, skipper of Lion New Zealand (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22656164) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library.

Sir Peter Blake (1948–2001)

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: 11/09/25