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Agriculture & horticulture
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Agriculture is the science of farming, which includes the best ways to grow crops and raise animals. Horticulture is a type of agriculture that is specifical...
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Careers
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
A career is more than just a job or having work. Having a career means working in an industry or occupation for a long time and becoming successful in that p...
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Dinosaurs (junior)
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Christmas
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New Zealand Wars
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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...
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Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
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Earthquakes
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