Welcome to Living Heritage

Where young people celebrate New Zealand's heritage and taonga. With our support, schools can present their own web pages about their local community, whānau and friends.

 

Living Heritage is actively seeking sponsorship and other revenue generating opportunities. To join this conversation contact livingheritage@cwa.co.nz

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  • Paddy the wanderer

    Island Bay School – Published 14/12/2010

    Paddy the Wanderer was well known in Wellington in the 1930s. Island Bay School students find out why Paddy captured the hearts of so many, and how Wellington has changed over the years.

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  • Patea 2012

    Patea Area School - Primary – Published 27/04/2012

    Find out about the Patea 2012 storm. The year 3 and 4 children from Patea Area School had many experiences to share with each other, and wrote and drew pictures of what had happened.

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  • Whanaungatanga

    Tauriko School - Primary – Published 19/04/2012

    Tauriko School's year 5 and 6 students have used their school’s inquiry process to explore what it was like to be a member of their community up to 100 years ago. Enjoy reading their discoveries.

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  • Our playground in Island Bay

    Island Bay School - Primary – Published 03/04/2012

    K8 at Island Bay School love going to the park. They go there whenever they can to play in the big house and go down the big slide. They call it "Our Park in Island Bay" but when told it was really called 'Shorland Park' they wanted to know why. Follow their journey to see what they found out!

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  • Tapawera community

    Tapawera Area School - Secondary – Published 27/07/2011

    A group of Year 10 students from Tapawera Area School have dedicated this site to their local community, school, and to any other people that would like to learn about their little town’s history. Take a look at their research.

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Recovery of greater Christchurch photography competition

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) invited all schools - primary, intermediate and secondary - in greater Christchurch to take part in a photography competition. Schools were asked to submit photographs that reflected their students' visions of recovery - what greater Christchurch will be like in the future.

To view entries click here.

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These latest Living Heritage stories were created as part of the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO Pacific Islands' Living Heritage Project in Samoa.