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![Image: Protesters on Hill Street, Wellington, marching during a demonstration against the 1981 Springbok tour (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23242398) by [unknown]. Collection Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: EP/1981/2884/11a-F.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/6BSpnGeCudpS9Neg0eYCEu/19e28d33d87204df24acaca561b25106/9_Protesters_on_Hill_Street__Wellington__marching_during_a_demonstration_against_the_1981_Springbok_tour__ATL_Ref___EP-1981-.png)
Lots of things have happened that have had an impact on Wellington. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspectives.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24![Image: Eruera Maihi Patuone, circa 1870 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/28678) by [unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections T5455.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/3RTGoDqCDSueQJcjKjHGs6/d48423f88cdae156b5fb61508deee4cc/photos_28678_extralarge.jpg)
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: In remembrance of the Tangiwai disaster, 60 years ago on 24 December 1953 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/11440508555) by [unknown] on Flickr. Collection: Archives New Zealand.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/tf0N9t2eIpHjniWcdwt1K/86a077991c4a787b28b12384749bb51c/Tangiwai_disaster__1_.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Tangiwai is the site of the worst railway disaster in New Zealand’s history. It happened on Christmas Eve 1953 when the Wellington to Auckland night express ...
Entry last updated: 27/11/24
Here are some sources you could look at if you'd like to find out about individual people or groups of people from Wellington.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Great Depression lasted from 1929 until the mid-1930s. It started with the Wall Street Crash (also known as the Stock Market Crash), and led to people al...
Entry last updated: 7/04/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Influenza, most commonly called the flu is a disease that is caused by a virus, which affects the upper and lower respiratory tract. In 1918 an influenza pan...
Entry last updated: 26/11/24
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
New Zealand is a nuclear-free zone, which means no nuclear weapons or nuclear powered ships are allowed in our territory. Find out how New Zealanders protest...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Aotearoa New Zealand is mainly known for the North Island and South Island, but it is a nation surrounded by many islands. Some have interesting histories of...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
People who discover new methods of doing things or technology which improve our lifestyle are called inventors. The new technologies which they develop are i...
Entry last updated: 11/11/24
The following resources explore a number of historical events that have had an impact on Southland | Murihiku and can offer some different perspectives.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24