Resources for teaching Aotearoa NZ histories topics

Drawing of an early NZ scene showing a Māori with a spear stalking birds in amongst NZ fauna with mountains in the backdrop

Image credit: Image from page 6 'Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and its Inhabitants'. British Library on Flickr. No known copyright.

Discover a wide range of quality resources to support teaching and learning about topics covering the histories of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Large traditional double-hulled vaka in Rarotonga moored with sails let down

Arrival and settlement of Māori in Aotearoa NZ
Drawing of a sleeping soldier in a whare, being watched over by a Māori woman

First encounters and early colonial history of Aotearoa NZ
Illustration of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, February 6, 1840

Te Tiriti o Waitangi | the Treaty of Waitangi and its history
1841 painting of Lambton Harbour by Charles Heaphy showing settlement buildings, ships in the harbour, and Māori and early settlers on a hill overlooking the harbour

Colonisation/immigration to Aotearoa and Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa | the NZ Wars
Painting of NZ troops landing at Anzac Cove from rowing boats and ships moored offshore amid artillery explosions

Aotearoa NZ from 1850 to 1950
A multicultural crowd watching a performance

Aotearoa NZ from 1950 to 2000
People from Pacific countries holding flags or signs with their country's name parading in a multicultural festival event

Aotearoa NZ’s relationships with the Pacific
Graphic showing 3 front covers of the ‘Connected’ instructional series.

‘Connected’ instructional series — resources