Reference

History

Categories

* Disasters
* Family history and whakapapa

Sites

* BBC History games
Features a range of games and interactive challenges relating to historical events
* Bridle Path: Their Story - Our Story
Learn what it was like for Canterbury Settlers. Includes some great primary accounts of travellers on the first four ships. From Canterbury Branch of NZ Historic Places Trust
* The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
The world's largest children's museum with a history that dates back to 1925. Try the Dinosaur exhibit.
* Early Christchurch
Fact sheets about the early European colonisation of Christchurch and some of its most famous personalities. From Christchurch City Libraries.
* Famous New Zealanders
Factsheets about famous New Zealanders from sports-people to artists. From Christchurch City Libraries.
* The History Channel
Find out what happened today in history.
* History for Kids
From the BBC
* Living Heritage Tikanga Tuku Iho
An online bilingual initiative that enables New Zealand schools to develop and publish an online resource, based on a heritage treasure in their community
* New Zealand Politics Timeline
A timeline of New Zealand political events from 1642 to 2004. From Christchurch City Libraries.
* Treaty of Waitangi factsheets
Introduction and background to the Treaty from Christchurch City Libraries.