New Zealand

Geography

• A virtual tour of New Zealand
  • Waitangi – a place in history
• Wild New Zealand – our relationship with our environment
• Winter – what’s happening with the weather?: we talk to well-known weather personality and MetService Ambassador Bob McDavitt

Government and history

• Mostly friends – the impact of other nations on New Zealand
• New Zealand at war
• New Zealand Politics Timeline
• Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Trans-Tasman ties: New Zealand’s relationship with Australia
• Treaty of Waitangi

Culture

• Catch the travel bug
• The food we love – the tastes of New Zealanders
• Jandals - kiwi footwear
• The Kiwi approach to business
• Kiwiana - quintessentially kiwi
• National anthems - God Defend New Zealand and God Save The Queen
• Over here or over there?
• The role of New Zealand literature in shaping the nation
• Uniquely Aotearoa – explore Māori skills and traditions
• Waitangi Day
  • How to celebrate Waitangi Day
  • My Waitangi Day

People

• New Zealand’s heroes – shaping our view of ourselves
• Holding on to our own – ‘disputed’ New Zealanders
• Making our Mark – New Zealanders in the wider world
  • Fashion
  • Popular Culture
  • Sport