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Maramataka is the calendar of the Māori year. The year starts in Piripi (June/July) when the stars of Matariki can first be seen in the sky. Maramataka was t...
Entry last updated: 25/06/25![Image: Vietnam War (https://digitalnz.org/records/37782219/vietnam-war) by [Unknown] on DigitalNZ. Archives New Zealand reference: ABFK 22686 W4312 Box 17 / [4].](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5mi1NvalBdS6CiFqX0Fzn5/36cb33f38256e6ecbcf32777a5bcc036/vietnam_war.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was fought between the United States of America (USA) and the Communist forces in Vietnam. The war b...
Entry last updated: 3/06/25![Image: Korean houseboy and New Zealand soldiers (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23211367) by [unknown] on Alexander Turnbull Library. ](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/3LSTUtibaKBPGf8hgnFoS/fb74df6176e44294eb47a4d3009cb59d/Korean_war.jpg)
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
The Korean War was fought between North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea). North Korea had the support of Chin...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
This entry will help you find information about the history behind Auckland's economic progress and independence, and the factors that impacted it.
Entry last updated: 14/05/24![Image: Kate Wilson Sheppard (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22651169?search%5Bil%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Images&search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=kate+sheppard) by W Sidney Smith. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library [cropped from original]](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/73fftCdRotnhBeextggIHT/40d6a11a64a3ef52441c862f96faea12/mini_magick20200916-1-13abfx5.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Kate Sheppard was born in England on 10 March 1847. She and her family moved to New Zealand in the late 1860s. Kate was a founding member of the Women's Chri...
Entry last updated: 17/01/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Te Tiriti o Waitangi, or the Treaty of Waitangi, was signed on 6 February 1840, and since that time it has been the basis for the relationship between Māori ...
Entry last updated: 7/03/25![Image: [photo (https://www.pexels.com/photo/netball-x-game-x-ball-x-sport-3743241/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels)] by Partick Case on Pexels.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/1fmlpcyp8x5ivWbA7fK1ya/9ab5f727bc22f310b5ce404afe226707/_photo__by_Partick_Case_on_Pexels.jpg)
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: 27/11/24
The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia. It has many of Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, the summit of Mount Everest. The mountain range pass...
Entry last updated: 13/01/25
Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)
Everything on earth and everything in the universe moves and interacts, and forces play a big part in that. Physics studies those forces and interactions. Ph...
Entry last updated: 22/05/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
Evolution is a scientific theory used by biologist to explain how living things have changed over a long period of time. Charles Darwin, a British naturalist...
Entry last updated: 15/11/24