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Image: Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupō) from Mt Ada, Canterbury, New Zealand (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lyttelton_Harbour_(Whakaraup%C5%8D)_from_Mt_Ada,_Canterbury,_New_Zealand.jpg) by Michal Klajban on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Places of Christchurch

Regional Resources

Christchurch | Ōtautahi is the largest city in the South Island. It covers the area from the Waimakariri River to Banks Peninsula, and shares a border with S...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: LARS MAERSK. (15678274173) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LARS_MAERSK._(15678274173).jpg) by Bernard Spragg. NZ on Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Trade (New Zealand)

New Zealand is geographically far away from export markets. This makes trade an important part of our economy. In early colonial days, New Zealand exported g...

Entry last updated: 25/09/26

Image: Wreck of the City of Perth and Benvenue, Timaru, 1882 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/310203) by [Unknown]. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 5-2553. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Events of South Canterbury

Regional Resources

Lots of things have happened that have impacted life in South Canterbury. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspecti...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: New Zealand Shipping Company offices, Gisborne (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/61862/rec/11) by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1643-10497. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Places of the East Coast

Regional Resources

Gisborne District Council is divided into the East Coast and Poverty Bay. Gisborne, Te Araroa, Ruatoria, and Waikohu are some of the historic towns in this r...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Many things have happened that have had an impact on Otago. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspectives.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Mau parade - June 1929 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mau_Parade_-_June_1929.jpg) by [unknown] on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Pacific history

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...

Entry last updated: 2/02/26

Image: Whina Cooper addressing Maori Land March at Hamilton (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22700614) by Christian Heinegg. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Library. Ref: 35mm-87529-13-F. Image cropped.

Dame Whina Cooper (1895–1994)

Dame Whina Cooper, of Te Rarawa descent, was born in 1895 in northern Hokianga. She is best known for leading the famous 1975 land march (also called a hīkoi...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

Parihaka

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: 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. Image cropped.

Sealing & whaling (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

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: 14/04/26