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Image: Māori Land Marchers crossing Auckland Harbour Bridge (https://digitalnz.org/records/36243451/maori-land-march-auckland-harbour-bridge) by Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga on DigitalNZ.

Māori Land March 1975

On 13 September 1975, around 5000 people marched from Te Hāpua in the North Island down to Wellington. This Māori land march or hīkoi (march) led by Ngāpuhi ...

Entry last updated: 6/11/23

Image: Official portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II (https://gg.govt.nz/image-galleries/7806/media?page=0) by Government House on The Governor-General of New Zealand.

Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) was the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms including New Zealand. She became queen in 1952 at the age o...

Entry last updated: 4/11/22

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]

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: 28/04/22

Image: Historic Brunner Mine Site, West Coast, NZ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingkiwigirl/18217782855/in/photolist-tKQU9p-S5tfSb-ttfEyY-ttfC3q-tHveTN-ttosUD-tKw2ou-tKXcmK-ttf4jN-ttotfi-boPibM) by Shellie on Flickr.

Pike River Mine disaster 2010

The explosion at Pike River Mine on 19 November 2010 killed 29 men. This was a major disaster for New Zealand in recent times. Two years later the Royal Comm...

Entry last updated: 12/12/23

Images: Downtown Shopping Centre demolition, 2016 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/64032) by Matt Elliot. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1385-0312

Economic independence and vulnerability

Regional Resources

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: Nuku island, Kapa, Vava'u, Kingdom of Tonga (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuku_island,_Kapa,_Vava%27u,_Kingdom_of_Tonga_-_panoramio_(1).jpg) by David Broad on Wikimedia Commons.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Pacific Islands

The Pacific Islands are a group of islands spread across the South Pacific Ocean. They include the islands in Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The econom...

Entry last updated: 26/09/23

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

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Participants in the Land March crossing the Harbour Bridge, 1975 (https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/319869/rec/4) by the New Zealand Herald. Collection: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 589-0307.

Mana in Māori society

Regional Resources

This entry has websites to help you understand the different meanings of mana and its importance in political, social and traditional relationships in Māori ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24

Image: Close up of the Kate Sheppard National Memorial (https://canterburystories.nz/collections/community/out-and-about/ccl-cs-24922) by Library Staff, Christchurch City Libraries on canterburystories.nz.

People of Christchurch

Regional Resources

Christchurch | Ōtautahi has a lot of local people who have made a difference to Christchurch, and sometimes the whole world. Here are some sources you could ...

Entry last updated: 14/05/24