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A colour photo showing two polar bears, one large and one small, standing on all fours in the snow.

Adaptation (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Adaptation helps people and animals survive. Polar bears have adapted to living in the snow by growing white fur to make them harder to see. Cactus plants h...

Colour photo of many Buzzy Bee toys on display — a popular Aotearoa NZ toy. It shows their red, yellow and black bodies, yellow wings and blue wheels.

Kiwiana (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The culture of New Zealand is unique. It includes bits of history from various sections of society that go to make up New Zealand. You can see it in items li...

1945 black and white photo from WW2 of 2 No. 4 Squadran Venturas planes flying over Emirau in Papua New Guinea.

World War Two (battles and campaigns)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War Two took place from 1939 to 1945. Almost every country in the world was involved. It was the deadliest war ever, leaving millions dead and wounded....

Black and white posed photo of Boer War veterans in uniform in front of a colonial style house in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

There were two Boer Wars, or Anglo-Boer Wars. The first Boer War of 1880-1881 has also been named the Transvaal Rebellion, as the Boers of the Transvaal revo...

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Image: Scenic mix of beef and wind farming... (50081260031) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scenic_mix_of_beef_and_wind_farming..._(50081260031).jpg) by Geoff McKay on Wikimedia Commons. CC by 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

A sustainable world is one that can last over time. It includes practices that meet our current needs and those of future generations. Sustainability applies...

Entry last updated: 22/07/25

Image: Darwin Finch (49214270717) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_Finch_(49214270717).jpg) by kuhnmi on Wikimedia Commons.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Evolution is a scientific theory used by biologists to explain how living things have changed over a long period of time. Charles Darwin, a British naturalis...

Entry last updated: 21/07/25

Image: JUPITER | PJ70 Jet N5 (https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing?id=17516) by Jackie Branc. Collection: NASA / SwRI / MSSS © CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en).

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Planets are round objects that move in circles around stars. There are 8 planets in our solar system (including Earth), and 5 dwarf planets. These planets mo...

Entry last updated: 18/07/25

$Image: The Moon's light is refracted (https://images.nasa.gov/details/iss072e978997) by NASA on NASA Image and Video Library.$

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Space, or outer space, is the area outside planet Earth's atmosphere. Stars and planets exist in space. This entry has websites where you can find informatio...

Entry last updated: 15/07/25

Image: Ethiopian refugees Senayint Ayla and Meskerm Solomon embrace after reuniting at Wellington Airport (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22688787) by Ross Giblin on Alexander Turnbull Library.

Refugees (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Refugees are people who have been forced to leave their homeland because of war or persecution. Many countries, including New Zealand, have a refugee quota —...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

Image: Nuku island, Kapa, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuku_island,_Kapa,_Vava%27u,_Kingdom_of_Tonga_-_panoramio_(1).jpg) by David Broad on Wikimedia Commons.

Pacific Islands

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Pacific Islands are a group of islands spread across the South Pacific Ocean. They include the islands in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The econom...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

Image: Culture of Samoa (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSC01090_Culture_of_Samoa.jpg) by Claire Charters on Wikimedia Commons

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Samoa is a country made up of volcanic islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands is Upolu - home to Samoa’s capital city, Apia. An ind...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

Image: Displaced people try to return to northern Gaza Strip (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Displaced_people_try_to_return_to_northern_Gaza_Strip.jpg) by Ashraf Amra on Wikimedia Commons. CC by 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/deed.en). Image cropped.

Refugees (worldwide)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

When people are unsafe in their home country and leave to find safety (or refuge) in another country they are known as refugees. Refugees have been escaping ...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

Image: Backpacking (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasacommons/5134455469/) from NASA on The Commons on Flickr.

Space exploration

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Humans have been fascinated with the stars for thousands of years, but were unable to visit space until the 20th century. Space exploration began in 1957 whe...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

Image: Amazon rainforest near Puerto Maldonado (https://www.flickr.com/photos/eye1/3187862336) by Ivan Mlinaric on Flickr.

Amazon rainforest

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

A rainforest is a thick forest usually found in areas of warm temperatures, high humidity and heavy annual rainfall. The Amazon rainforest in South America i...

Entry last updated: 14/07/25

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