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This entry will help you find information on the changes made to the environment by pre-European Māori, and their care and connections to te taiao (the natur...

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

An ecosystem is made up of all of the living things and natural features in an area. These could be animals, plants, rocks and dirt, water, and weather.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Climate change is a change in worldwide climate patterns, like the weather. It is a very important topic in current events because the world is seeing a very...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

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...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand fought as part of the Allies (the British Empire, Italy, France...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The explosion at Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 killed 29 men. This was a major disaster for New Zealand in recent times. Two years later, the Royal Com...

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) was the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms including New Zealand. She became queen in 1952 at the age o...

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...

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...

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga – The Declaration of Independence was signed on 28 October 1835 by 34 northern Māori chiefs. The document declared the in...