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Aotearoa Events That Shaped Our Nation

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  • Why did people protest during the Springbok Tour?
    Due to the racisit ideals of Apartheid South Africa and non inclusion of black players.
  • Who are the Polynesian Panthers?
    A group of people formed to advocate for Pasifika rights.
  • What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
    Women fighting for equal rights and the right to vote.
  • What was the name of the ship that sunk off the coast of Wellington in 1968?
    Wahine
  • Who discovered New Zealand?
    Kupe
  • In what year did New Zealand officially declare itself nuclear-free?
    1987 (The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act was passed in 1987, formalising the policy.)
  • What were people protesting about in 2024 at the hikoi?
    Againt the proposed Treaty Principals Bill.
  • What major event happened in Christchurch during 2010 - 2011?
    The Christchurch Earthquakes.
  • Who lead the 1975 Māori Land March?
    Dame Whina Cooper
  • What happened at Pike River Mine?
    An explosion caused by a build up of gas.
  • What happened at White Island?
    The volcano erupted causing death and many many injuries.
  • What year was the first lockdown in New Zealand due to Covid 19?
    2020
  • What were the Dawn Raids?
    When police would raid the homes of alleged illegal overstayers from the Pacific Islands.
  • In which significant World War I campaign did many New Zealand soldiers suffer heavy casualties on a peninsula in Turkey?
    Gallipoli Campaign
  • What is the Rainbow Warrior?
    A Greenpeace ship that fought for a Nuclear Free New Zealand and Pacific.
  • What was the Tangiwai Disaster?
    A train accident where the train was derailed due to a lahar.
  • Who split the atom?
    Earnest Rutherford
  • When was Te Tiriti o Waitangi signed?
    6th February 1840
  • Who cut down the flag pole at Russel?
    Hone Heke