Defending Aotearoa

Defending Aotearoa builds on the ideas and knowledge gained from the year 9 Exploring Aotearoa course. Students will explore New Zealand’s involvement in conflict at home, and abroad. Possible contexts for this include the NZ wars and WW1. They will also explore how New Zealanders, at different times, have defended their right to protest power imbalances. Possible contexts for this include Dawn Raids and Nuclear Free NZ.

Students will also have opportunities in this course to explore current events and to practice social studies skills such as graphing, mapping, and analysing perspectives.

This course is a compulsory course all year 10 students must take as it includes elements of the compulsory Aotearoa Histories Curriculum.