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Image: Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology (Tekniska museet) in August 2019 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tekniska_museet_-_BugWarp_(64).jpg) by BugWarp on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Robots

Robots are machines built to help people. The word 'robot' comes from the Czech word robata which means forced labour. When most people imagine a robot they ...

Entry last updated: 9/02/26

Kapa haka

Kapa haka is a traditional Māori performing art involving waiata (songs), dance and chanting. Kapa haka is performed by groups on a marae and in a variety of...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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)

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

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. Image cropped.

Urbanisation and being Māori

Regional Resources

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

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.

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

Christmas

For many Christians, Christmas marks the birth of Jesus. It is celebrated on 25 December in most countries around the world, and involves traditions like San...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Slide: Whitbread shots 33/90 (https://collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/objects/52569/slide-whitbread-shots-3390) by [unknown]. Collection: New Zealand Maritime Museum. Ref: 2006.236.3173. Image use policy (https://collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/resources/image-use-policy). Image cropped.

Sir Peter Blake (1948–2001)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

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

Image: Katherine Mansfield (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22601543) by Lady Ottoline Morrell. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref 1/2-002594-F. Image cropped.

Famous people (junior)

Famous people are people who are well-known in many places for what they have done. They come from lots of different areas of life, including politics, sport...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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. Image cropped.

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