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Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

In 1981 the South African rugby team, the Springboks came to tour New Zealand. They had toured before, but the South African apartheid system was causing an ...

Regional Resources

This entry has collections and websites to help explore the history of New Zealand's presence and colonial power in the Pacific. It has examples of the rise ...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their homeland because of war or persecution. Many countries, including New Zealand, have a refugee quota —...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

A sustainable world is one that can last over time. It includes practices that meet our current needs and those of future generations. Sustainability applies...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

People who create original things from scratch or add something new to an existing creation are known as inventors. Jetboats, electric fences and disposable ...

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Historically people have been communicating with each other in many different ways. There is verbal communication, which uses sounds and spoken language, non...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Genetic modification (GM) is when the genome of an organism (like a plant or an animal) is changed when new genetic material is added. This could be a gene t...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Philosophy is a way of thinking about things like society, what it means to be human, and the nature of the universe. It is a very broad subject and can be a...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War One was a major global conflict that took place in the years 1914-1918. It involved 28 countries and although it was fought mainly in Europe, fight...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Biology is the natural science that involves the study of life and living organisms from one-celled creatures to the most complex living organism of all - th...