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Image: Darwin Finch (49214270717) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_Finch_(49214270717).jpg) by kuhnmi on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Evolution

Evolution is a scientific theory used by biologists to explain how living things have changed over a long period of time. Charles Darwin, a British naturalis...

Entry last updated: 21/07/25

Image: Māori Land Marchers crossing Auckland Harbour Bridge (https://digitalnz.org/records/36243451/maori-land-march-auckland-harbour-bridge) from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga on DigitalNZ. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/). Image cropped.

Māori Land March 1975

On 13 September 1975, around 5000 people marched from Te Hāpua in the North Island down to Parliament in Wellington. This Māori land march or hīkoi (march) l...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Aulsebrook's parade to celebrate the end of the First World War (https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/photohunt/2016/ccl-cs-7083?keys=aulsebrook%27s%20parade&items_per_page=24), by Teresa Connor. Collection: Christchurch City Libraries. Ref: CCL-Kete-33064on. No known copyright. Image cropped.

World War One (New Zealand involvement)

World War One, also called the First World War or the Great War, took place between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand was part of the British Empire then, so we joi...

Entry last updated: 23/07/26

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Southland.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: School portrait of a class of boys & teachers (https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/713983?page=1&rtp=1&ros=1&asr=1&assoc=all&mb=c) by [unknown]. Collection: Te Papa. Ref: O.030345. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Victorian era

The Victorian era is the period when Queen Victoria was Queen of England. Her reign began on 20 June 1837 and ended when she died on 22 January 1901. Daily l...

Entry last updated: 28/11/24

Image: Skibladner replica Viking longship, Haroldswick - geograph.org.uk - 6298903 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skibladner_replica_Viking_longship,_Haroldswick_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6298903.jpg) by Mike Pennington on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Vikings

Around the 9th century AD, Vikings travelled from Scandinavia to raid towns and settlements around Europe and the British Isles. These seafaring warriors fro...

Entry last updated: 6/12/24

Image: Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. schools (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Civil_rights_march_on_Washington,_D.C._schools.jpg) by Warren K. Leffler on Wikimedia Commons. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Civil Rights Movement (USA)

The American Civil Rights Movement was a movement in the 1950s and 1960s for racial equality, especially in the Southern States of America where there was se...

Entry last updated: 14/11/24

This entry recommends websites and collections to find information about He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni | The Declaration of Independence an...

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