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![Image: Dairy farming in Northern Auckland, a Waikiekie homestead (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/166381/rec/3) by [unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19010322-08-02.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1cDKy1Jd1ta8IsQyeUwSwc/33b4ec4984100e13e49a72afec2e5922/photos_166381_extralarge.jpg)
This entry explores changes made by settlers to Aotearoa's natural environment, their naming of places and features, and efforts to conserve and restore its ...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24![Image: [photo (https://www.pexels.com/photo/netball-x-game-x-ball-x-sport-3743241/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels)] by Partick Case on Pexels.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1fmlpcyp8x5ivWbA7fK1ya/9ab5f727bc22f310b5ce404afe226707/_photo__by_Partick_Case_on_Pexels.jpg)
Netball was adapted from an early version of basketball in the 1890s in the United States. Today it is a popular sport for girls and women in New Zealand and...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Renewable energy comes from natural sources such as the sun, wind and water. These sources are sustainable as there is no risk of them running out. Using ren...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25![Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=1%2F2-002952-F) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5oUf5Q7nthxN1U9AkOUtHP/f770fef4e34d89eb2ce6f3047f36d9ea/mini_magick20220721-1-ku8kyc.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Ernest Rutherford was born in Nelson, New Zealand in 1871. A great scientist, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908, the Order of Merit in 1925, ...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26![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](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/jGNpLnoIBStCdjMUuyGW5/1b277f776e78b365367851c681284fbb/MA_image_final.jpg)
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
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
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
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Transportation is the movement of people or goods from place to place. People need transport to get to work, to shop, or to go on holiday. Transportation is ...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Tsunami is a Japanese word that means 'great harbour wave'. These giant ocean waves are caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides on the ocean...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Natural disasters are major, sudden events caused by nature that injure people and damage property. New Zealand is prone to a number of natural disasters. Th...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25