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This entry will help you find the best websites and collections to explore the decolonisation of the Pacific, including Aotearoa New Zealand's continued inte...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24![Image: Ruins of the Napier Nurses Home after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake (https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112999) by [unknown]. Collection: Alexander Turnbull Collection. Ref: 1/2-002952-F. Image cropped.](https://images.ctfassets.net/q60gmaba8x5v/5oUf5Q7nthxN1U9AkOUtHP/f770fef4e34d89eb2ce6f3047f36d9ea/mini_magick20220721-1-ku8kyc.jpg)
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Hawke's Bay Earthquake (also known as the Napier Earthquake) occurred on the morning of Tuesday 3 February 1931. The quake devastated the region, injured...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
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
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
The Erebus disaster is considered New Zealand's worst air accident. On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand flight TE901 crashed on the slopes of Mount Erebus d...
Entry last updated: 10/07/25
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
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand fought as part of the Allies (the British Empire, Italy, France...
Entry last updated: 25/05/26
This entry has collections and websites to help explore the history of New Zealand's presence and colonial power in the Pacific. It has examples of the rise ...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
Lots of things have happened that have had an impact on the Selwyn District. The following resources explore these events and can offer some different perspe...
Entry last updated: 14/05/24
Captain James Cook was a British sea captain, navigator and explorer. He spent many years sailing around and mapping the South Pacific. He visited New Zeala...
Entry last updated: 11/09/25
Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)
On 13 September 1975, around 5000 people marched from Te Hāpua in the North Island down to Parliament in Wellington. This Māori land march or hīkoi (march) l...
Entry last updated: 14/04/26