Description

Our A Week in New Zealand History resource explores key moments within Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. This resource serves as a bite-sized piece of Aotearoa’s history to stir discussion, pique interest, and get you started.

In this set, our Discussion Google Slides and Posters explore 16 events from the month of November (see the full list below). The resource has clear links to the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum for Year 4-6 and Year 7-8.

Each slide contains a brief paragraph explainer, a discussion question, an inquiry prompt, and two “Dig Deeper” links to websites, videos, and photos.

The events highlighted in our A Week in New Zealand History: December set are:

Land Confiscation Law Passed
Alexia Pickering inducted into the Attitude Awards Hall of Fame
Radio Hauraki Rules the Waves
First ‘One Man, One Vote’ Election
New Zealand Declares War on Japan
Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan becomes First Māori Woman Cabinet Minister
New Zealand’s First Female Prime Minister
Ernest Rutherford wins Nobel Prize
Poll Tax on Chinese Immigrants Abolished
OMC release How Bizarre
First Known Encounter Between Māori and Europeans
Whaling Ended in New Zealand
‘Black Saturday’ in Samoa
Charles Darwin Leaves New Zealand After Nine-day Visit
The Tangiwai Railway Disaster
Colenso Arrives with a Printing Press

Links to Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum:

Year 4-6 and Year 7-8: Whakapapa me te whanaungatanga | Culture and identity
Year 4-6 and Year 7-8: Tino rangatiratanga me te kāwanatanga | Government and organisation