Schools' Living Heritage Stories

Explore these stories created by New Zealand students and discover how they captured their local Living Heritage treasures. The intention of the Living Heritage facilitators is not to alter the voice of the student authors, but to provide support to ensure the work is clearly presented.

Use the filters below to search for a story by school name or level. Stories created before September 2008 are found here

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Displaying 21 - 30 of 59 stories
  • Shannon heritage

    Shannon School - Primary – Published 28/10/2013

    After finding out about their own heritage, students of Shannon School discovered the heritage of the Shannon area. Read the presentations they shared with their community.

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  • Knock! Knock! Who's there?

    Bayswater School - Primary – Published 27/09/2013

    The people of Bayswater School have been learning about the history of housing in their local area, Devonport and Bayswater. Enjoy their learning, findings and reflections.

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  • Places of significant interest in Taupo

    Tauhara Primary School - Primary – Published 10/06/2013

    Students from Tauhara Primary School share some places of interest from around the Taupō area where they live.They invite you to visit these wonderful places yourself some day.

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  • Holy Cross reflections in Miramar

    Holy Cross School, Miramar - Primary – Published 26/09/2012

    Join year 5 and 6 students at Holy Cross School, Miramar as they discover what is special about their school. Reflecting on their past has helped them to understand who they are and the special place meditation has in their lives.

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  • Fofoga he Atu Pulapulaola ha Niue

    Niue Primary School - Primary – Published 25/06/2012

    These stories have been titled ' FOFOGA HE ATUHAU PULAPULAOLA HA NIUE'. This translates as the Beauty of the young generation of Niue. The beauty is within the stories that the children have written about their life on Niue.

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  • Nukutuluea Foou

    Waterlea School - Primary – Published 14/06/2012

    Niuean children from Waterlea School invite you to read their story and share their Niuean heritage and their family links to Niue. Even though they live in New Zealand their connection with Niue is very strong and their story reflects this strong connection.

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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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  • Overcoming adversity - The Vaiala Beach School story

    Vaiala Beach School - Primary – Published 30/08/2011

    Students from Vaiala Beach School in Samoa invite you to read their story to learn how their school came to be and of how the school has overcome adversity and hardships.

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