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![Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999?search%5Bpath%5D=photos&search%5Btext%5D=1%2F2-002952-F) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5oUf5Q7nthxN1U9AkOUtHP/f770fef4e34d89eb2ce6f3047f36d9ea/mini_magick20220721-1-ku8kyc.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 18th century. City populations grew quickly. There was a cultural shift from an agricultural economy t...
Entry last updated: 9/02/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Putting young children to work in conditions that are usually considered unsafe or unhealthy is known as child labour. This includes work that is dangerous, ...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Parihaka is a Māori settlement in Taranaki. It was founded in the mid 1860s by Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and Tohu Kākahi. At this time land was being divided up an...
Entry last updated: 11/05/26
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Following World War Two, the period from 1945 until the 1991 was known as the Cold War. This was an international struggle for power between communist nation...
Entry last updated: 28/05/26
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Māori were the first to use pounamu (greenstone) and stone to make tools, weapons and ornaments. In the 1840s, coal and gold were discovered and mining began...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
LGBTQIA+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, asexual (or ally) and more. The '+' signifies the ongoing acceptance...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26