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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: Five World War Two nurses, including Jean Bond (https://digitalnz.org/records/33840122/five-world-war-two-nurses-including-jean-bond-photograph) by [unknown]. Collection: Picture Wairarapa. On DigitalNZ. Image cropped.

World War Two (primary sources)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Primary sources are things like letters, diaries, photos, poems and other documents and objects created during the war or soon after by people who were invol...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Parihaka (https://digitalnz.org/records/1852222/parihaka) by Josiah Martin on DigitalNZ.

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

Image: Gilsemans 1642 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilsemans_1642.jpg) by Isaack Gilsemans on Wikimedia Commons.

First encounters (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

On 6 October 1769, James Cook saw New Zealand from on board the ship Endeavour. He sailed into Poverty Bay two days later. This became the first meeting betw...

Entry last updated: 29/06/26

Image: Arbeit Mach Frei gate Auschwitz 2012 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arbeit_Mach_Frei_gate_Auschwitz_2012.jpg) by Marcin Białek on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Holocaust (World War Two)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Holocaust is the name given to the systematic persecution and extermination of over six million Jews and others in Europe during World War Two. The plan for ...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Music lesson - classical guitar, music sheet, and PortaTone (2013-10-27 by Márcio Binow da Silva) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Piano,_music,_B%C3%B6sendorfer-brand_Fortepan_27399.jpg) from Márcio Binow da Silva on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Music is the pattern of sounds produced by people singing or playing musical instruments. It is also the art of creating or performing music. Written music u...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Cave Stream In New Zealand 008 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_Stream_in_New_Zealand_008.jpg) by letisha81 on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Caves (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand is known for its limestone or karst caves and cave systems. Many are known for their formations and glow-worms. This entry will give you informat...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Soldiers moving through ruins on the Cassino battlefront, Italy (https://pixabay.com/en/bomber-war-aircraft-airplane-world-429985/) by George Frederick Kaye. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: DA-05507-F. Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

World War Two (World War II, WWII, or WW2) was a global war which resulted in the death of 50 to 85 million people. It became the deadliest and most widespre...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Calendar (close-up, shallow depth of field).jpg (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calendar_(close-up,_shallow_depth_of_field).jpg) by Dafne Cholet on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Image cropped.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Calendars are used to divide and measure time. They have small units (days, weeks) that build into larger units (months, years). Calendars usually track the ...

Entry last updated: 20/05/26

Image: Fair trade bananen (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fair_trade_bananen.jpg) by Onderwijsgek on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Fair trade is an international movement that aims to reduce poverty by working for better trading conditions between developing countries and the developed w...

Entry last updated: 11/11/24

Image: Taka Village Kastom Welcome Vanuatu (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taka_Village_Kastom_Welcome_Vanuatu.jpg) by Sarah Macmillan 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)

Vanuatu is a country that is made up of over 80 islands in the South Pacific. The capital city is Port Vila on Éfaté island. Other populated islands are Espí...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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