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Colour photo of dwarf galaxy NGC 4214 with stars and gas clouds.

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Stars are giant balls of hot gas that light up our night sky from very far away. They are mostly made up of the gases helium and hydrogen. There are so many...

Colour photo of a Maneaba (meeting house) with palm trees in the background.

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...

Colour photo of a logging area. It shows piles of tree logs in front of a forest on snow-covered mountains.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Forests are a vital part of life on earth, and many animals and people rely on forests to survive. Deforestation is when forests are cleared or thinned out, ...

Colour photo from 1985 of the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior, docked in Auckland, New Zealand.

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 ...

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Image: Library staff member with lots of books to return (https://digitalnz.org/records/32373486/library-staff-member-with-lots-of-books-to-return) by Aotearoa People's Network Kaharoa on DigitalNZ.

Jobs in the community

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

There are many jobs done by people in our communities that help us stay healthy and keep our neighbourhoods running well. These jobs include careers in healt...

Entry last updated: 25/06/25

Image: Nelson Mandela, 2000 (2) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Mandela,_2000_(2).jpg) by Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science on Wikimedia Commons.

Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918, into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. He is best known for h...

Entry last updated: 22/05/25

Image: Rohingya Refugees Camp in 2019.97 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rohingya_Refugees_Camp_in_2019.97.jpg) [cropped] by CAPTAIN RAJU on Wikimedia Commons.

Refugees (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Refugees are people who have to leave their home country. They escape war, persecution (bad treatment), or natural disasters.

Entry last updated: 7/04/25

Image: Artificial Intelligence & AI & Machine Learning - 30212411048.jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artificial_Intelligence_%26_AI_%26_Machine_Learning_-_30212411048.jpg) by https://www.vpnsrus.com/ (https://www.vpnsrus.com/) on Wikimedia Commons.

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Artificial Intelligence or AI is an area of computer science that concerns machines making intelligent responses and thinking and reacting like humans.

Entry last updated: 4/02/25

Image: Hinrichtung Ludwig des XVI (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hinrichtung_Ludwig_des_XVI.png) by Georg Heinrich Sieveking on Wikimedia Commons.

French Revolution 1789

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

The French Revolution often referred to as the Revolution of 1789 took place in France between 1787 and 1799. It was in response to social and political ineq...

Entry last updated: 16/01/25

Image: Panorama of Malbork Castle, part 4 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Panorama_of_Malbork_Castle,_part_4.jpg) by DerHexer on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

European history between about 500 and 1500 AD is known as the Middle Ages or Medieval period. People think of the Middle Ages as a time of knights and castl...

Entry last updated: 16/01/25

Image: Toropuku inexpectatus 284380593 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toropuku_inexpectatus_284380593.jpg) by Carey-Knox-Southern-Scales on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Adaptation is an evolutionary process where a plant or an animal becomes suited to living in a particular habitat. These are changes that take place over man...

Entry last updated: 16/01/25

Image: Children's number blocks being used for learning to count - 51069936953 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children%27s_number_blocks_being_used_for_learning_to_count_-_51069936953.jpg) by perpetual.fostering on Wikimedia Commons.

Mathematics (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Maths (short for mathematics) is all about numbers, patterns and shapes, and how you can learn to use them to solve math problems in everyday life.

Entry last updated: 15/01/25

Image: Basalt organ pipes on Mt Cargill, Dunedin, New Zealand (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basalt_organ_pipes_on_Mt_Cargill,_Dunedin,_New_Zealand.jpg) by Sarahlibrarina on Wikimedia Commons.

Rocks & minerals

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Earth is made up of all different kinds of rocks and minerals, which are all part of the rock cycle. Have a look at this entry to find out more about the...

Entry last updated: 15/01/25

Image: Lenin Square, Novosibirsk (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lenin_square_-_panoramio.jpg) by L-BBE on Wikimedia Commons.

Russian Revolution 1917

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

The Russian Revolution which lasted from 1917 to 1923 marked the end of the Romanov dynasty or Russian Imperial Rule. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin s...

Entry last updated: 13/01/25