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Image: Mrs Elizabeth McCombs during election night broadcast (https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/prints/1900-1939/ccl-cs-4279) from Christchurch Star archive. Collection: Christchurch City Libraries. Ref: CCL-DW-8535. No known copyright (https://www.canterburystories.nz/licences/761). Image cropped.

People of Christchurch

Christchurch | Ōtautahi has a lot of local people who have made a difference to Christchurch, and sometimes the whole world. Here are some sources you could ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: United Tribes Ensign (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22894200) by James Laurenson. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: MS-Papers-0009-09-01. Image cropped.

Declaration of Independence (New Zealand)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga – The Declaration of Independence was signed on 28 October 1835 by 34 northern Māori chiefs. The document declared the in...

Entry last updated: 2/10/25

Image: Sign Language (4234921250) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sign_Language_(4234921250).jpg) by Alex Proimos on WikimediaCommons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Sign language (junior)

Sign language is the use of hands, body movements and face expressions to talk to people. The signs stand for letters, words or ideas and are used by people ...

Entry last updated: 2/12/24

Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Northland | Te Tai Tokerau.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Māori Settlement at Moturoa (https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/177675/maori-settlement-at-moturoa) by Auckland Weekly News/F.C. Winzenberg. Collection: Puke Ariki. Ref: PHO2015-0233. Public Domain. Image cropped.

People of New Plymouth

This page has some collections and websites you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from New Plymouth.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake of 2011 - Peterborough Centre (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christchurch,_New_Zealand_earthquake_of_2011_-_Peterborough_Centre.jpg) by Andy Miah on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Events of Christchurch

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

Image: Maori Leaders of Gisborne (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22678554) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: 1/2-044562-F. Image cropped.

People of the East Coast

This section will help you get familiar with iwi, hapū, groups of people, and well-known names in politics, sport, and entertainment from this rohe (region).

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Statue of Pania of the Reef. Napier, New Zealand (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Pania_of_the_Reef,_Napier,_New_Zealand_(27268691771).jpg) from Archives New Zealand on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

People of Hawke's Bay

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

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War One

World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand fought as part of the Allies (the British Empire, Italy, France...

Entry last updated: 25/05/26