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September officially marks the beginning of spring in New Zealand. This topic covers the reason for spring, spring animals like lambs, spring flowers, whitebaiting, festivals and myths including poems, music and spring quotes. SCIS no. 1808613

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A lamb and two girls in Spring.

A lamb and two girls in Spring.

Title: Agriculture - Sheep - Lambs Publicity Caption: Rosanne and Melinda Rix feeding pet lamb; together in a field of Daffodils. The lamb is a Stud South Suffolk breed belonging to Mrs D R Neilso...

Seasons (junior)

Seasons (junior)

Years are split into seasons. In many places, such as New Zealand, there are four seasons. They are spring, summer, autumn (or fall), and winter. In tropical areas, there are often only two seasons...

Spring has sprung

Lesson plans and classroom ideas for teaching about spring.

Tilt to the sun

Tilt to the sun

Short film on the transformation of Aotearoa in spring.

Tailing and vaccination

Tailing and vaccination

Lamb tailing is a major job on sheep farms in spring. Removing tails prevents dung accumulating in the area and providing sites for fly strike and other problems. At the same time, lambs are usuall...

Pollen forecasts

Pollen forecasts

Sneezing, itchy eyes and runny noses mean one thing - spring is here. During spring and summer, pollen produced by trees, weeds and grasses leads to hayfever in those folk with pollen allergies. To...

Spring

A sculpture of the head of spring by Charles Wheeler.

Menswear - spring weather collection

Menswear - spring weather collection

Cartoon of men’s spring collection showing wet weather clothing.

Fishing season opens

Fishing season opens

Thousands of anglers around the country have dusted off their rods and headed for their favourite fishing spots today at the start of the new fishing season.

Giant spring snowflake

Giant spring snowflake

Snowdrops starting to flower in the botanical gardens. Flowering. FB-fl

Daffodils

Spring daffodils in Hagley Park.

Native flowers

Five species of native plants flower in late spring at Ōtari–Wilton’s Bush in Wellington, the only public garden in New Zealand dedicated to native plants. Many New Zealand plant species, even thos...

The Mainland touch

The Mainland touch

Christchurch Botanic Gardens welcomes the arrival of spring.

Let the good earth produce

Let the good earth produce

Advertisement from Yates promoting gardening in spring.

blossom painting

blossom painting

Spring blossom painting on a paper plate.

Kowhai

A photograph of Kowhai flowers in spring.

Spring in the gardens

Spring in the gardens

Issue No 51 September 18, 1958 - In spring a young man's fancy.....etc. Also in Spring the land is enriched with the rich colours of fresh spring blossoms. At this time of year Gisborne's Botanical...

Kūmara pits

Maori had to develop a means of storing kūmara (sweet potato) during the winter for food and for planting the following spring. The most successful were underground storage pits that kept tubers co...

Daylight saving

Interesting arguments about daylight saving.

Spring and summer clothing catalogue

Spring and summer clothing catalogue

Shown here is the 1920s spring and summer clothing catalogue. Flapper fashion style reflected a seismic break with the more “traditional” fashion of the previous decade. The new look focused on lig...

Hastings blossom festival queen and princess, 1962

Hastings blossom festival queen and princess, 1962

Hastings Blossom Festival queen and princess, 1962.

Spring celebrations

May day and spring celebrations around the world.

Weather instruments

Weather instruments that can be used for all seasons.

Spring cleaning history

Reasons why different cultures clean their houses at the beginning of spring.

What to do around New Zealand in spring

Ways to enjoy spring in New Zealand.

What is spring?

What is spring and what happens in spring?

Seasonal allergies

Signs and symptoms of spring time allergies.

The Tiny seed by Eric Carle

The survival story of a tiny seed and its growth in spring.

Vivaldi - spring

The classical music piece, Spring by Vivaldi.

Spring poems children

Short fun poems on spring topics for children.

Geography seasons

Explanation of seasons and spring and autumn equinox.

Spring flowers time lapse

Here is a compilation of some spring flower time lapses filmed by Neil Bromhall.

Shining cuckoo

Shining cuckoos (pīpīwharauroa) return to New Zealand each spring after spending winter in the tropics. Like other cuckoos around the world, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species and le...

Danish springtime with Cherry Blossoms

Watch the blue sky, the pink cherry blossoms and people at this danish cemetery.

Discover spring in New Zealand

Weather, flowers and destinations of New Zealand in springtime.

Blossom

Springtime in Christchurch, Harper Av. and Hagley Park

Quotations about Spring

Quotes about the season of spring.

It's Spring!

Lamb at Urenui, Taranaki, NZ.

Blossom

Blossom

Semi-circular abstract painting; made up of two connected quarters., Oil and acrylic on 2 semi-circle quadrants on canvas, 1510 x 3620mm

Painting inspired by the season of spring.

Painting inspired by the season of spring.

Spring imagery captured in art.

Hawkes Bay spring show

Doreen de Garis, describes the Hawkes Bay Spring Show in an extract from her story 'Calling Sarah Morton'.

Sun rising in the southern hemisphere

In the spring and autumn equinoxes, the sun rises due east and sets due west.

Spring time is glide time at Nelson Lakes

Spring time is glide time at Nelson Lakes

Gliders return to the mountain ranges of the Nelson Lakes National Park.

Spring gardening

Tips and ideas for spring gardening.

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Spring chickens. School Journal: Year 3 Part 1 No 4: 2001

A class observes chickens being hatched inside an incubator.

Kachina brings the spring

A native American legend on spring

A gust of wind. School Journal Level 2: August: 2017

Sarah Penwarden uses rich imagery to describe the four seasons.

The transformation of spring

Students investigate transformation elements of geometry in spring flowers and use these elements to create their own artworks.

Spring

The myth of four seasons

Greek mythology: The story of Spring, Persephone, Demeter and Hades.

Spring worksheets and printables

Spring worksheets and printables for classroom use.

Tāwhirimātea Spring

Kōanga is the Māori word for spring (September to November).

Dress for the season

In this interactive game, children are prompted to help the animals get dressed for each season.

Spring in September - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 6 (September 1, 1937.)

For sports wear, style change is not so swift, but the “town” hat shows those subtle variations which mark the new season. Even the sailor, smart still with straight or upcurved brim, may be startl...

A poem about spring in the 1881 Wairarapa Times.

Spring is often the most tempestuous of the seasons.

When does spring officially start in NZ? It's complicated.

New Zealand spring lambs

New Zealand baby spring lambs playing in a field.

Daylight saving

Shows when to move clocks forward and backward for New Zealand daylight saving. Also includes the history of daylight saving.

A 1943 spring-related newspaper advertisement.

What happens in the spring?

Why do we catch whitebait in the spring?

What makes leaves sprout in the spring?

How do plants tell the change in seasons?

Spring festivals around the world

Spring is in the air, and so are these lively festivals.

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