Many secondary schools now teach the New Zealand Wars as an essential component of Year 12 or Year 13 history, with students undertaking research as to causes and consequences in particular. Setting a good research question often turns on what evidence is readily...

An important part of researching and writing about the New Zealand Wars (or history in general) is to read and research documents.  Documents, letters, official papers, newspapers and diaries - this type of material is called the primary evidence because it was...