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NZHTA End of Term 2 Pānui 2025
Tēnā koutou katoa,
As Term 2 draws to a close, we get a chance to reflect on the term and plan for the remainder of the year ahead. We celebrate the rising of Matariki and Puanga. I have really enjoyed meeting so many of you online and at conferences, workshops and hui held so far this year. Have a safe and relaxing break with whānau and friends. I am available over the break to support you with any history related matters so please do get in touch.
Please don’t read this until you have caught your breath after this term! There is plenty of super important stuff in this pānui:
· Update on the NZHTA Petition and Survey
· NZHTA Artificial Intelligence Webinar Series
· Scholarship series and resources
· The new NZHTA website
· NZHTA Practice Exams and NZHTA Membership
· Accessing past NZQA Resource booklets
· Advice for 2.5 and 3.5 with change to assessment specs
· 2025 Ngarimu Competition
· Collections to Classrooms: Auckland Museum launches a free online education resource for teachers to support Aotearoa NZhistory curriculum
· Ā kō ake nei | Coming up soon
· Kōrero Mai | We'd love to hear from you!
Pai tū pai hinga nāwai rā ka oti
Nick Fitness
nzhtaexec@gmail.com
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NZHTA Artificial Intelligence Webinar Series
You asked for it, and we have listened! We are excited to announce a fantastic line up of online webinars that will help you and your departments and kura navigate and think about the place of AI in the Social Sciences. All of these sessions will be recorded and shared. There will be time for pātai during these sessions too.
SESSION 1: Tuesday 29 July, 3.30pm - 4.30pm (Term 3, Week 3)
The intersection of AI and Te Ao Māori in the history classroom with Dr. Karaitiana Taiuru, an AI, Data and Emerging Tech Governance, IP and Critical Indigenous Researcher. http://www.taiuru.maori.nz
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86258792842?pwd=bPwVe4kl6Sai470FLO8yiVcyUnVYlL.1
An introduction discussion involving how public AI platforms such as ChatGPT have evolved with New Zealand histories in the past two years.AI only knows what is in the data inputted, creating significant gaps in real facts leaving Māori and other communities vulnerable to miss information. Hallucinations and subject matter with real life examples from a te Ao Māori perspective and by trailing unpublished results with NZ/AU/UK Hansard and the inherited bias from AI.
SESSION 2: Tuesday 5 August, 3.30pm - 4.30pm (Term 3, Week 4)
GenAI in the History Classroom: Navigating Potential, Pitfalls, and Policy with Eric Persen, TIC E-Learning /TIC History, at Shirley Boys’ High School.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86349509481?pwd=ycTcuJhgk3xcHbIfPUmqiup9l5pGb3.1
Generative AI is rapidly transforming the educational landscape—but how do we harness its potential while managing the risks? This session explores the role of GenAI in teaching and learning, from classroom innovation to institutional policy. We will examine the benefits and challenges of using AI tools with students, discuss strategies for promoting AI literacy, address issues of authenticity, and unpack the latest developments in education-focused AI technology
SESSION 3: Tuesday 12 August, 3.30pm - 4.30pm (Term 3, Week 5)
Hear from four history teachers on their AI journey in their classrooms, what they have tried, what’s working well, with some general discussion on broader themes to consider when developing your own faculty and school policies.
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87585486799?pwd=ioKlqbSrYXYrraukwlge5HVnTT7hik.1
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Scholarship series and resources
After two teacher-focused sessions with Michael Belgrave earlier this month, these online sessions will now pivot to student-focused sessions. A number of academic and university lecturers have already generously offered their time to lead talks for students. These will occur in late August/early September and once I have finalised the dates and times for these sessions, they will be shared with you all.
Further materials continue to be added to the L4 NCEA Scholarship Folder in He Waka Eke Noa. Thanks again to those who have contributed with putting this together, it certainly reduces the load for many of us!
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The new NZHTA website
This has been in the pipeline for some time. It is almost ready to go live! It looks much more modern with a fresh new design and will improve the experience for you as a user. It will also have a new membership management system for processing subs (fingers-crossed!) To have this ready for an early Term 3 release, it will be firstly rolled out to all current members and then to those who have previously used the website. More info to follow soon. Below is a glimpse of the home page. So cool right?
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NZHTA Practice Exams and NZHTA Membership
These will all be ready to go in early Term 3. They will be accessible through the new NZHTA website for paid-up 2025 NZHTA members.
If you need help with membership, passwords or would like an invoice for subs sent, contact me at nzhtaexec@gmail.com
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Accessing past NZQA Resource booklets
While it’s easy to find the questions, accessing the full resource booklets is hidden behind a login. You will need an ESL login to the resource booklets. Note that NZQA does not accept the use of past NZQA exams as derived grades for authenticity reasons.
Go here.https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/login/
- Select the 'Manage your organisation online'.
- Login with your ESL login
- Then choose the 'Exams and Assessment'
- Select the exam you want.
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Advice for 2.5 and 3.5 with change to assessment specs
There has been a number of queries about these externals. I have had a chat with Todd, the NAF, and below is a summary of that discussion.
As all external exams are a snapshot/sample of the standard, the 2.5 and 3.5 exams this year could ask for causes, or consequences, or one cause and one consequence. Asking for causes and consequences (both plural) would be a bit much under the current exam constraints.
I'd expect that a significant historical event would have multiple causes and consequences, but would encourage teachers and students to choose events for which the causes and consequences are easily identified and differentiated. It might be useful to bring teachers attention to how each standard defines an event; 3.5 differs from 2.5 even though there's overlap.
More generally, it might be useful to also look at the suite of documents that might inform teaching and learning for a particular standard.
Those documents include:
Standard
Assessment Specifications
Assessment Report
Schedules (for essay standards)
Past exams and exemplars.
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2025 Ngarimu Competition
The 2025 Ngarimu Video and Waiata Composition competitions invite ākonga Māori in Years 7–13 to explore their creativity and express their knowledge and personal connections to the 28th (Māori) Battalion through short films and waiata.
These competitions were developed in memory of Victoria Cross recipient Second Lieutenant Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu and the 28th (Māori) Battalion.
Entries can be submitted individually, as a team, or by a kura, and can be in either te reo Māori or English. Prizes will be awarded based on the number of recipients for each placing and prize amounts will vary.
Entries close Sunday 3 August.
For more information on how to apply, competition topics and eligibility please visit the following link: Find out more about the Ngarimu Competitions | Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
For any pātai, please email ngarimu.secretariat@education.govt.nz
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Collections to Classrooms: Auckland Museum launches a free online education resource for teachers to support Aotearoa NZ history curriculum
Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum has launched Collections to Classrooms, a new education resource for teachers and students, available now at learn.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-to-classrooms.
Drawing on items from the Museum’s collection, this digital resource explores the layered histories of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. Available online in both English and te reo Māori, Collections to Classrooms is tailored to support ākonga in Years 7–13, aligning with the big ideas, contexts, and practices of the Aotearoa New Zealand histories and social sciences curriculum.
These resources explore the four big ideas of the curriculum: Māori history, colonisation and settlement, the use of power, and connections between people. They also engage with key themes such as culture and identity, place and environment, governance and organisation, and economic activity.
Tangimai Fitzgerald, Auckland Museum’s Learning Manager, says “The curriculum is about taking the mātauranga / knowledge, the history, and the stories, back to the people. It references diversity and whakapapa that connects to the ideas and beliefs of different bodies of knowledge - and how each body of knowledge is equally important.”
Fitzgerald adds that the Museum will also be offering professional development opportunities to help teachers integrate these resources into their lesson plans.
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Ā kō ake nei | Coming up soon
There are two key NZHTA resourcing projects that are nearing completion. Once complete these will be shared with you all. These are:
- Level 1 historical concepts resource
- Y9-10 Social Studies literacy activities resource
Kōrero Mai | We'd love to hear from you!
At NZHTA, fostering connections with our history community is at the heart of what we do. Whether you have questions, feedback, or ideas to share, we’re here and ready to listen. Your input helps us continue to support educators, enhance our resources, and advocate for quality history education across Aotearoa New Zealand. Reach out to us and let’s keep building a strong, supportive network together.
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