New+Zealand

For our inquiry topic we are looking at the history and geography of New Zealand. You have identified which areas to concentrate on. Here are some links to help you.

This is a very long timeline of New Zealand history, use it find interesting dates and events to add to our class timeline. [|Timeline]

Here is a link to the web site we looked at in class about the village near Rotorua that was buried in 1886 when Mount Tarawera erupted. [|Buried Village]

This site tells you about volcanoes in New Zealand. [|NZ volcanoes]

Here are photos and videos of volcanoes in New Zealand. [|Photos]

Link to find out about historic volcanic activity. [|Historic volcanoes]

Link to find out about historic earthquakes in New Zealand. [|Historic earthquakes]

Personal accounts of earthquakes in New Zealand. [|Personal accounts]

Read accounts of people who survived the Napier earthquake. [|Personal accounts]

This is a good children's website about the Napier earhtquake. [|Napier earthquake]