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![Image: Masterton's Boer War Contingent (http://masterton.spydus.co.nz/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/OPAC/ARCENQ/7781062/39919770,1?FMT=IMG) by [unknown]. Collection: Masterton District Council.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/17KmHqKnzupmgsnD3uExdW/ab9cfec4f9edba3ce75435c7e168a8d4/Masterton_s_Boer_War_Contingent.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
There were two Boer Wars, or Anglo-Boer Wars. The first Boer War of 1880-1881 has also been named the Transvaal Rebellion, as the Boers of the Transvaal revo...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
Ancient Greece was one of the most advanced Civilisations of the ancient world. It was made up of city-states which were regions of Greece protected by a mai...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Māori first arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand over 700 years ago (estimates range from 1250 to 1300 AD). They traveled by waka (canoe) from east ...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25![Image: Vietnam War (https://digitalnz.org/records/37782219/vietnam-war) by [Unknown] on DigitalNZ. Archives New Zealand reference: ABFK 22686 W4312 Box 17 / [4].](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5mi1NvalBdS6CiFqX0Fzn5/36cb33f38256e6ecbcf32777a5bcc036/vietnam_war.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was fought between the United States of America (USA) and the Communist forces in Vietnam. The war b...
Entry last updated: 3/06/25
Through our histories, lots of things have happened that have had an impact on Christchurch | Ōtautahi. The following resources explore these events and can ...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The New Zealand Wars (ngā pakanga o Aotearoa) were a series of battles and smaller conflicts that took place between the 1840s and the 1870s mainly in the No...
Entry last updated: 7/04/25![Image: Sir Edmund Hillary (http://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/486EA0B9-A321-4C30-92D8-651100363265) by [unknown]. Collection: South Canterbury Museum (modified from original).](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5kngrJXNGoCDkSZYj16EDk/68ca1e98682cfc55d8d3366b273eab0f/Sir_Edmund_Hillary__1919_-_2008_.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Sir Edmund Hillary was a famous New Zealander who achieved many different things in his life. He is most well-known for climbing Mount Everest, the tallest m...
Entry last updated: 6/12/24
There are many places that are significant to Marlborough, known as Te Tauihu-o-te-Waka in te reo Māori.
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.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/7GsTfDc93oYNO1VZSw06HE/c9dd4b1540d1e47bdfe140a1166719d6/nlnzimage.jpg)
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
Lots of events have had an impact on Marlborough. The recommended websites have information on these events and offer different perspectives.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24