Aotearoa New Zealand from 1850 to 1950

Late 19th century Aotearoa NZ

These curiosity cards use images and fertile questions to spark student inquiry:

• Burning the forest (CC0004)

• Cross-cultural identity (TMCC16)

• Whakapapa (TMCC6).

These topics from Topic Explorer have quality, curated resources, including websites, images, videos, books and more:

• New Zealand history

• Māori history post-European arrival

• Māori religious movements

• Parihaka.

Explore these pages from Tuia Mātauranga to highlight people, places and events that have helped shape our nation:

• I muri mai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Post-Treaty of Waitangi

• Curated resources about Aotearoa NZ histories.

These entries from Many Answers guide students to reliable and trustworthy resources:

• History (New Zealand) — junior secondary

• Parihaka — junior secondary.

Use the following He Tohu activities to explore cultural interactions in 1800s Aotearoa NZ and NZ identity:

• Cultural interactions in 1800s NZ

• Explore the ‘New Zealand’ identity.

Te Kupenga online has stories with images from the Alexander Turnbull Library and related resources to inspire student learning:

• Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand: 1850–1900

• Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand: 1900–1950.

Some popular books related to this topic include:

• Finding by David Hill, 2018

• Remember That November by Jennifer Beck, 2012

• The People and the Land / Te Tangata Me Te Whenua: An Illustrated History of New Zealand, 1820–1920 by Judith Binney, Judith Bassett and Erik Olssen, 2018.

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1893 Women’s Suffrage Petition

These curiosity cards use images and fertile questions to spark student inquiry:

• Mere Ruiha Hakaraia/Mary Bevan’s signature on the 1893 Suffrage Petition (CC0011)

• Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia (CC0010)

• The bicycle and women's suffrage (CC0009).

These topics from Topic Explorer have quality, curated resources, including websites, images, videos, books and more:

• New Zealand history

• Women in Aotearoa

• Women's suffrage.

Explore these pages from Tuia Mātauranga to highlight people, places and events that have helped shape our nation:

• I muri mai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Post-Treaty of Waitangi

• Curated resources about Aotearoa NZ histories.

These entries from Many Answers guide students to reliable and trustworthy resources:

• Government (New Zealand) — junior secondary

• History (New Zealand) — junior secondary

• Women's suffrage (New Zealand) — senior secondary.

Use the following He Tohu videos and activities to explore the Women's Suffrage Petition:

• Kōrero videos — 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

• What does the Women's Suffrage Petition mean to you? (YouTube video, 1:01)

• Women's Suffrage Petition (YouTube video, 2:04)

• Key stakeholders — 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition

• Te Whakamana Pōti Wahine — ko te whana iho i te tatau (te reo Māori)

• The Petition: A key signatory

• Women's suffrage — kicking down the door (English)

• Women’s Suffrage Petition — from its creation to now.

A popular book related to this topic is Kate Sheppard: Leading the Way for Women by Maria Gill, 2018.

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Early 20th-century Aotearoa NZ

These curiosity cards use images and fertile questions to spark student inquiry:

• Cross-cultural identity (TMCC16)

• Whakapapa (TMCC6).

These topics from Topic Explorer have quality, curated resources, including websites, images, videos, books and more:

• Anzac

• Gallipoli campaign

• New Zealand and the First World War

• New Zealand and the Second World War

• New Zealand history.

Explore these pages from Tuia Mātauranga to highlight people, places and events that have helped shape our nation:

• I muri mai i Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Post-Treaty of Waitangi

• Curated resources about Aotearoa NZ histories.

These entries from Many Answers guide students to reliable and trustworthy resources:

• Anzac — junior secondary

• Boer Wars — senior secondary

• Government (New Zealand) — junior secondary

• History (New Zealand) — junior secondary

• World War One — junior secondary

• World War Two — junior primary

• World War Two — junior secondary.

Use the following He Tohu activity to explore Aotearoa NZ identity:

• Explore the ‘New Zealand’ identity.

Te Kupenga online has stories with images from the Alexander Turnbull Library and related resources to inspire student learning:

• Stories of Aotearoa New Zealand: 1900–1950.

Some popular books related to this topic include:

• 1914: Riding Into War by Susan Brocker, 2014

• Anzac Day: The New Zealand Story: What It Is and Why It Matters by Philippa Werry, 2013

• Finding by David Hill, 2018

• Gallipoli: Reckless Valour by Nicolas Brasch, 2009

• New Zealand and the First World War 1914–1919 by Damien Fenton, 2013

• Remember That November by Jennifer Beck, 2012

• The New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War II by Wayne Stack and Barry O’Sullivan, 2013

• The People and the Land / Te Tangata Me Te Whenua: An Illustrated History of New Zealand, 1820–1920 by Judith Binney, Judith Bassett and Erik Olssen, 2018

• The Telegram by Philippa Werry, 2019.

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Other resources and tools

Teaching and learning resources — free online teaching and learning resources, tools and guides.

Tools for primary source analysis — designed for ākonga (students) from years 1 to 13 in Aotearoa NZ schools.