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Black and white photo from WW1 of a group of Aotearoa NZ soldiers in a field. One is pointing a machine gun and another is helping with ammunition while the others watch.

World War One (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. It is called a 'world war' because so many different countries were involve...

Colour photo of native trees and plants in a bush in Aotearoa NZ.

Native plants (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Native plants are plants that are indigenous to or originate from a specific country. New Zealand has a wide variety of native plants which are unique as the...

Black and white photo of Parihaka showing the whare (houses) and Taranaki Maunga (Mount Egmont) in the background.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Parihaka was a Māori settlement in Taranaki around the 1860’s when New Zealand was a British colony, and land was being divided up and given to European sett...

Colour photo of an exhibit showing copies of 3 sheets of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand). It shows signatures on 2 of the sheets.

Declaration of Independence (New Zealand)

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...

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Image: Stars in the sky (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starsinthesky.jpg) by European Space Agency (ESA/Hubble) on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Stars are huge bodies of hot gasses usually made up of helium and hydrogen. Stars can be of different sizes, colours, brightness and temperatures. The Sun is...

Entry last updated: 3/02/23

Image: Binary code (https://www.flickr.com/photos/christiaancolen/20445410340/in/photolist-x9G5bQ-xoZ2Vf-x9NKBk-x9G5eW-79VLHe-x9FZYj-xquRzq-ec93LQ-9W8Jc-4Y4LH3-242S4ah-FKPPdv-2581SeK-bA93e8-4LdiSh-8Ls93A-zxh6L-ecrNs8-9bPDTE-2apSTF-2apTJg-9ZRYSR-9NzxH9-r3DRc3-26kViQ6-q7ZQHc-ec3o42-z3HAR-9MZKrT-8AXfdR-DBWWPi-2aukq7-JUty-4eRTTQ-nLJHR-auiJX7-5VeyFJ-7s81gB-2aumgs-BkPr4-2apVCB-KwYZS-2aufd9-2apUpa-2augoS-wYrwq-2aufTY-aYEytM-61k4o4-xJW4y) by Christiaan Colen on Flickr.

Computer programming

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Computer programming is a way of giving computers instructions about what they should do. These instructions are known as code or software. Computer progra...

Entry last updated: 27/01/23

Image: Chemical garden - UFCH JH (2020) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chemical_garden_-_UFCH_JH_(2020).jpg) by Tadeáš Bednarz on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Everything is made of chemicals. There are natural chemicals, like those made by plants and animals, and there are also synthetic chemicals, those that peopl...

Entry last updated: 12/01/23

Image: Machu Picchu1 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Machu_Picchu1.jpg) by Samuel Jiménez Restivo on Wikimedia Commons.

Inca civilisation

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Inca Empire stretched across the central Andes region of South America, with the capital city of Cuzco located in modern-day Peru. The Incas were famous ...

Entry last updated: 12/01/23

Image: Golden Buddha statues in the temple (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Buddha_statues_in_the_temple.jpg) by Dr. Ondřej Havelka (cestovatel) on Wikimedia Commons.

Religion and beliefs

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Religion is important to many people as it forms part of their identity and culture. Many religions involve beliefs, practices, rituals, prayer, and meditati...

Entry last updated: 12/01/23

Image: Vikings (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/4126361606/), from Dun.can on Flickr.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Around the 9th century AD, Vikings traveled from Scandinavia to raid towns and settlements around Europe and the British Isles. These seafaring warriors from...

Entry last updated: 12/01/23

Image: Sir Edmund Hillary (http://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/486EA0B9-A321-4C30-92D8-651100363265) by [unknown]. Collection: South Canterbury Museum (modified from original).

Sir Edmund Hillary (1919 - 2008)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Sir Edmund Hillary was a famous New Zealander who achieved many different things in his life. He is most well-known for climbing Mount Everest, the tallest m...

Entry last updated: 11/01/23

Image: Jean Batten and her Percival Gull (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean_Batten_and_her_Percival_Gull.jpg) by Archives New Zealand on Wikimedia Commons (cropped from original).

Jean Batten (1909 - 1982)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Jean Batten was an early New Zealand aviator. Gaining her pilot licence in 1930, she went on to break multiple records for fastest solo flights. She was famo...

Entry last updated: 11/01/23

Image: Sanzio 01 cropped (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanzio_01_cropped.png) by Raffaello Sanzio on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Philosophy is a way of thinking about things like society, what it means to be human, and the nature of the universe. It is a very broad subject and can be ...

Entry last updated: 21/12/22

Image: A college student, learning in the library with a laptop and notebook (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83633410@N07/7658219802/) by CollegeDegrees360 on Flickr.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Writing is another way of communicating. Written communication can be in many different formats such as essays, reports, speeches, stories and more. The webs...

Entry last updated: 15/12/22