Nz History

The traditions connecting rangatahi to the Māori Land Wars

“When they step into that realm, they feel a shift, a movement in the wairua.”

How colonisers went from learning te reo Māori to trying to exterminate it

“We were taught that everything they were doing was good and everything we were doing was bad."

New book says brutal attack in NZ Land Wars never occurred

‘It’s making a lie of my nan, it’s making a lie of my mum.’

How to harvest kūmara: ‘Māori can’t connect to a carrot’

“The history of the kūmara goes way back; it’s in our DNA, it’s in our whakapapa."

The long-awaited Aotearoa history curriculum launches today

History class is about to become a whole lot more relevant.

Students left waiting as Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum delayed

Schools won't have to start teaching the content until 2023.

100 years of New Zealand summer: In photos

To celebrate the arrival of summer after the weird year we’ve had, Re: has dug through library archives to find a collection of photographs that capture…

The Tūhoe Raids: an explainer

Watch this explainer on a dark day in NZ history.

The stories underneath the concrete

Making an effort to learn about the history beneath our feet.

A history of Maungakiekie, One Tree Hill

This maunga has seen more than its breath-taking view. From politically-charged tree chopping, to boy racers, Maungakiekie, or One Tree Hill, has its fair share of…