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Colour image of the whetu (stars) of Matariki (also known as the Pleiades) shining brightly in the night sky.

Matariki (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster also known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. The Matariki cluster can be seen in the sky near the end of June...

Colour photo 3 african elephants walking around a watering hole in Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa).

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The world of animals has been divided into different groups or classifications based on their characteristics. While some species of animals have been domest...

Colour photo overlooking the Aotearoa NZ parliament buildings in Wellington (including Parliament House, the Beehive and Bowen House).

Government (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand has a democratic system of government, with elections taking place every three years. The head of government is the Prime Minister. The system of...

A laptop sitting open on a table, showing a range of numbers, graphs and charts.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Statistics is how we explore and use patterns and relationships in data to help explain the world around us. This involves collecting, analysing, and interpr...

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Image:Airbus A350-941 F-WWCF MSN002 ILA Berlin 2016 17 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Airbus_A350-941_F-WWCF_MSN002_ILA_Berlin_2016_17.jpg) by Julian Herzog on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Flight is about being able to leave the ground and fly or move through the air. Birds fly, some insects fly and people use machines like planes, helicopters ...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mathew Ahmann in a crowd.] (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Civil_Rights_March_on_Washington,_D.C._(Dr._Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._and_Mathew_Ahmann_in_a_crowd.)_-_NARA_-_542015_-_Restoration.jpg) by
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Martin Luther King Jr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister who became the most powerful voice of the American civil rights movement in t...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Prehistoric Rock Paintings (24219407646) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prehistoric_Rock_Paintings_(24219407646).jpg) by David Stanley on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Stone Age was a period in prehistoric times that lasted millions of years. Prehistoric means a time before people created writing to keep records of even...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Maneaba in Marakei, Kiribati (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maneaba_in_Marakei,_Kiribati.jpg) by Rafael Ávila Coya on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Republic of Kiribati (pronounced 'Kiri-bas') is a country in the South Pacific Ocean that speaks English and Gilbertese (or I-Kiribati). Made up of 33 i...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Kapa haka at the awards dinner (https://gg.govt.nz/file/24915) by Government House on The Governor-General of New Zealand. Public domain (https://gg.govt.nz/copyright-and-licensing). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Kapa haka is a traditional Māori performing art involving waiata (songs), dance and chanting. Kapa haka is performed by groups on a marae and in a variety of...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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Rainbow Warrior bombing 1985

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

<On 10 July 1985, explosions on board the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior sunk the ship in the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland. The ship had just taken part ...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religions. It has roots and customs dating back to more than 4,000 years. Today, with about 900 million followers, Hind...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Current events are ongoing significant political, economic, social and other news happening in a particular country or around the world. We read newspapers, ...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Moon through amateur telescope (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_through_amateur_telescope.jpg) by Nnotmeo on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Maramataka is the calendar of the Māori year. The year starts in Piripi (June/July) when the stars of Matariki can first be seen in the sky. Maramataka was t...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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. Image cropped.

Sealing & whaling (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

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: 14/04/26

Six cartoon characters site around a table using a tablet, laptop and books.