Keeping safe in the sun is really important in New Zealand. The New Zealand sun can have high levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. UV radiation, although in...
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The geographic region of the Pacific Islands includes Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. It is believed that thousands of years ago people came to this reg...
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![Image: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Thom's whaling station, Porerua. [Between 1842 and 1845] Engraved by Henry Melville; drawn by S C Brees [London, 1847] (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23222459) by Samuel Charles Brees. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library, Ref: PUBL-0020-05-3.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/7GsTfDc93oYNO1VZSw06HE/c9dd4b1540d1e47bdfe140a1166719d6/nlnzimage.jpg)
Sealing & whaling (New Zealand)
Sealers and whalers from around the world started arriving in Aotearoa in the late 1700s. Māori probably didn't hunt whales before the arrival of whalers, bu...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25
Agriculture & horticulture
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Agriculture is the science of farming, which includes the best ways to grow crops and raise animals. Horticulture is a type of agriculture that is specifical...
Entry last updated: 6/10/25
LGBTQIA+ history
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: 7/07/25![Image: Rohingya Refugees Camp in 2019.97 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rohingya_Refugees_Camp_in_2019.97.jpg) [cropped] by CAPTAIN RAJU on Wikimedia Commons.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/3xzIBM5164F6qzH88QNTb7/8af3125f9d8b78d933e74505b65986ed/Rohingya_Refugees_Camp_in_2019.97.jpg)
Refugees (junior)
Refugees are people who have to leave their home country. They escape war, persecution (bad treatment), or natural disasters.
Entry last updated: 7/04/25
Jobs in the community
There are many jobs done by people in our communities that help us stay healthy and keep our neighbourhoods running well. These jobs include careers in healt...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25
Australia
Australia is made up of the Australian continent and the island of Tasmania. It lies in the Southern Hemisphere and is famous for its unique wildlife like ka...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
Art
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The visual arts are types of arts you can see. Some types of visual art are painting, drawing, video, crafts, photography, as well as physical objects like c...
Entry last updated: 1/12/25
Careers
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
A career is more than just a job or having work. Having a career means working in an industry or occupation for a long time and becoming successful in that p...
Entry last updated: 1/12/25![Image: Māori carving, weapons and tools (https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/50916) by [unknown]. Collection: Hocken Digital Collections. Ref: P1910-008-022e.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1OQmQJa1dNpbdhHP5jJ3uF/72925c7f204434a459086939844f7584/MÄ_ori_carving__weapons_and_tools.jpg)
Māori technology and tools
The ancestors of Māori arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, around 1250-1300 AD. They used the materials found around them to make weapons and tools to help them...
Entry last updated: 30/10/25
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Katherine Mansfield is one of New Zealand's most well-known authors. She was born in Wellington as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, but wanted to be known for h...
Entry last updated: 11/09/25