10 Our History 1

Have you always wanted to learn about history? This is a chance to explore some of the most exciting moments in New Zealand history! This course covers some of the most interesting, weird and wonderful stories from our past.

Find out about moments of conflict that threatened to tear our country apart or when New Zealand led the world and gave women the right to vote. We will look at case studies like the Seacliff Mental Hospital, or Minnie Dean (the only woman hanged in New Zealand). Students will get to learn about the first people to arrive in New Zealand as well as documents such as He Whakaputanga (our Declaration of Independence) and the Treaty of Waitangi, that have shaped our nation’s identity.

Big Ideas/Concepts: 

• Life in the 19th Century for women.

• Gender roles and equality.

• The fight for women’s right to vote.

• Human arrival and colonisation of New Zealand.

• Influential groups such as whalers, sealers, traders and missionaries.

• He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.