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Photograph of Queenstown flooded in 1878
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History

Quiz: How well do you know Aotearoa New Zealand? Kēmu uiui: He pēhea te kaha o tō mōhio ki Aotearoa?

Do you recognise New Zealand in the 1800s and 1900s? Guess where these images by historic photographers Muir & Moodie and the Burton Brothers were taken.

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    History

    History

    Read about trans histories, the Moon Landing, colonisation and impact, Edmund Hilary, tiny activism, Scots in New Zealand, and so much more.