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Image: Little-spotted kiwi (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little-spotted_kiwi_(Apteryx_owenii).jpg) by Kimberley Collins on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (hhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Animals (New Zealand)

New Zealand Aotearoa has many different kinds of animals. They include native animals that are indigenous to New Zealand, animals that can only be found in N...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: Mt. Ama Dablam- Sagarmatha National Park (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Ama_Dablam-_Sagarmatha_National_Park.jpg) by Sangyam adventurer on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Himalayas

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: 10/07/25

Image: Glass Plate Negative: Kate W. Sheppard (https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/243177/glass-plate-negative-kate-w-sheppard) by Henry Herbert Clifford. Collection: Canterbury Museum. Ref: S62/1/2. Image cropped.

Kate Sheppard (1847–1934)

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: 30/09/25

Image: KotaKinabalu Sabah CityMosque-08 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KotaKinabalu_Sabah_CityMosque-08.jpg) by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Islam

Islam is the second largest in the world, and believers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe in one god, Allah, whose revelations were given to the p...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

The following resources explore a number of historical events that have had an impact on Southland | Murihiku and can offer some different perspectives.

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

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Image: CMAP - Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole polytechnique (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMAP_-_Centre_de_Math%C3%A9matiques_Appliqu%C3%A9es_de_l%27Ecole_polytechnique_(25911635211).jpg) by CMAP - Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées de l'Ecole polytechnique on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Mathematics

Mathematics is a broad topic which covers many aspects including: arithmetic, algebra, geometry, measurement, calculus, statistics, and trigonometry. There a...

Entry last updated: 18/02/26

Image: Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge Dusk (3) 2019-06-21 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sydney_Opera_House_and_Harbour_Bridge_Dusk_(3)_2019-06-21.jpg) by Benh LIEU SONG on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

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: 14/04/26

Image: NEEMO 16 EVA with submersible (https://unsplash.com/@shotz?photo=SpNbLsJuuYQ) by NASA on Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Image cropped.

Explorers and exploration

Over time explorers have travelled widely to visit undiscovered parts of the world. There have been many periods of exploration from the Ancient Greeks and R...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Image: School portrait of a class of boys & teachers (https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/713983?page=1&rtp=1&ros=1&asr=1&assoc=all&mb=c) by [unknown]. Collection: Te Papa. Ref: O.030345. No known copyright. Image cropped.

Victorian era

The Victorian era is the period when Queen Victoria was Queen of England. Her reign began on 20 June 1837 and ended when she died on 22 January 1901. Daily l...

Entry last updated: 28/11/24