Our New Zealand history resources help students to think critically about important events in the history of Māori, Pākehā, and other cultures in Aotearoa. As New Zealand schools embrace the new Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum, our range of online teaching resources will continue to grow and develop. Watch this space!
Teach your students about the invasion of the Parihaka community on November 5, 1881 with our FREE Parihaka Teaching Resource. Your students will learn about the history of Parihaka, the invasion at Parihaka and its outcomes, the significance of the Raukura white feather, and who the Parihaka leaders were. It is vital that students understand…
Are you looking for a New Zealand Wars teaching resource to commemorate the New Zealand Wars? We can help! This resource will help your students to understand more about this important time in New Zealand’s history, while also developing their reading comprehension and writing skills. Te Pūtake o te Riri, He Rā Maumahara is the…
Build enjoyment and engagement in your reading program from day one of the school year! Our Waitangi Day Reading Comprehension resource is easy to use and features flexible text and activity options for you to choose from. The benefit of this Treaty of Waitangi Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions resource is that all the hard…
Tupaia Reading Response activity During October, New Zealand commemorates the first onshore meetings between Māori and Europeans. An important, but lesser-known, figure in this part of New Zealand’s history is the navigator and high priest Tupaia. His story is told in an article in the August 2019 Level 3 School Journal. This is suitable for…
Go paperless with our New Zealand Explorers Digital WebQuest resource and dive deep into this important part of New Zealand’s collective history. Learn about Māui fishing up New Zealand, Pacific explorers such as Kupe, European explorers Tasman and Cook, the significance of navigator Tupaia, early meetings, violence and conflict between Māori and Europeans, and how…
Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our differentiated Sir Āpirana Ngata Reading Comprehension resource. Learn about Sir Apirana Ngata, the prominent Maori leader who features on the New Zealand $50 banknote. This pack includes a Year Five and Six non-fiction passage, differentiated at two levels, with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order…
Improve reading comprehension in your classroom with our differentiated Kate Sheppard Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions. Learn about Kate Sheppard, the prominent woman who features on the New Zealand $10 banknote! This pack includes a non-fiction passage, differentiated at two levels, with six pages of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. These activities are…
Dive deep into this important part of New Zealand’s collective history with our New Zealand Explorers Scavenger Hunt WebQuest. Learn about Māui fishing up New Zealand, Pacific explorers such as Kupe, European explorers Tasman and Cook, the significance of navigator Tupaia, early meetings, violence and conflict between Māori and Europeans, and more. Save 25% with our…
Dive deep into New Zealand’s collective history with this discounted New Zealand Explorers Activities bundle. Learn about Māui fishing up New Zealand, Pacific explorers such as Kupe, European explorers Tasman and Cook, the significance of navigator Tupaia, early meetings, violence and conflict between Māori and Europeans, and the 2019 Tuia 250 commemorations. This New Zealand…
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