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Colour image of the whetu (stars) of Matariki (also known as the Pleiades) shining brightly in the night sky.

Matariki (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster also known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. The Matariki cluster can be seen in the sky near the end of June...

Colour photo 3 african elephants walking around a watering hole in Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa).

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The world of animals has been divided into different groups or classifications based on their characteristics. While some species of animals have been domest...

Colour photo overlooking the Aotearoa NZ parliament buildings in Wellington (including Parliament House, the Beehive and Bowen House).

Government (New Zealand)

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...

A laptop sitting open on a table, showing a range of numbers, graphs and charts.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Statistics is how we explore and use patterns and relationships in data to help explain the world around us. This involves collecting, analysing, and interpr...

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Image:Dusk view of the Valero Energy Corporation's oil refinery in Port Arthur, Texas (https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.29635/?r=-0.054,-0.169,1.111,0.926,0) by Carol M. Highsmith on Library of Congress. Public domain (https://guides.loc.gov/p-and-p-rights-and-restrictions/rights#482_high.html). Image cropped.

Oil and gas (fossil fuels)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Oil and gas are fossil fuels which means they are formed from fossils, which are the remains of animals and plants that lived long ago. Fossil fuels are used...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Fruit bowl (43779441112) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fruit_bowl_(43779441112).jpg) by Ella Olsson on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Food gives us energy, it helps us grow and it tastes good. We can get sick if we don't eat the right amount or right kind of food, or if we don't prepare it ...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Appearance of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 after the explosion 20110315 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Appearance_of_Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant_Unit_3_after_the_explosion_20110315.jpg) by 資源エネルギー庁ウェブサイト on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Nuclear disasters

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Nuclear power is another source of power like wind, water or solar power. It is a cheap, reliable and clean source of energy, however the biggest disadvantag...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Common Brushtail Possum (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/242604186) by M Rutherford on iNaturalist. CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Image cropped.

1080 (sodium fluoroacetate)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

1080 is a poison that has been used in New Zealand since the 1950s to control the populations of invasive species such as possums, rats, stoats, deer and rab...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: North Central Netball Victoria (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Central_Netball_Victoria.jpg) by Nick Hewson on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Netball was adapted from an early version of basketball in the 1890s in the United States. Today it is a popular sport for girls and women in New Zealand and...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Girl Guides making camouflage nets (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22881870) by [unkownl]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: PAColl-0783-2-0190. Image cropped.

World War Two (daily life)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

World War Two (1939-1945) is also known as WW2, WWII, or the Second World War. This entry will show you how to find information about what daily life was lik...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Image: Torah scroll writing (https://www.flickr.com/photos/keshet/15459396094/) by Liran1977 on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Imaged cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Judaism originated in the Middle East between 3000 and 4000 years ago, and is the oldest of the three main monotheistic religions (the other two are Christi...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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

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 a...

Entry last updated: 25/06/25

Image: Sounding the Pūtātara (https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/5979/media?page=6) by Government House on The Governor-General of New Zealand. Public domain (https://gg.govt.nz/copyright-and-licensing). Image cropped.

Ngā pūoro Māori (Māori music)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Māori music has many important composers, some of whom use traditional mōteatea (chanted song-poetry), and others whose music includes introduced musical sty...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: 2024-09-29 Basketball STP 6384 by Stepro (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-09-29_Basketball_STP_6384_by_Stepro.jpg) by Steffen Prößdorf on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Basketball is a team sport. Two teams of five players try to score points by shooting the basketball through the other team’s hoop. The ball can be bounced o...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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