Knowledge overview for Year 5 (A.W/2026)
English Reading/viewing: Read a range of texts and explain main ideas; use clues to infer meaning; summarise key points; discuss how vocabulary and text features affect meaning; compare ideas across...
Knowledge overview for Year 9 (L.W/2026)
English Reading/viewing: Analyse ideas, themes, and author purpose; infer viewpoints; evaluate source credibility; compare perspectives across NZ/Pacific and global texts; explain how language/visual features shape meaning. Writing/presenting: Plan for audience...
#26. Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa / Mount Roskill
Date visited: 30 August 2022 Elevation: 110m Volcanic history Pukewīwī / Puketāpapa was an important, heavily terraced pā with storage and cooking pits around the crater rim. Much of this...
#25. Te Ahi Ka Roa a Raka / Ōwairaka / Mt Albert
Date visited: 30 August 2022 Elevation: 135m Volcanic history Ōwairaka is believed to have erupted approximately 120,000 years ago. Its summit once rose to about 148 metres (486 ft) and...
#24. Boggust Park Crater
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 14m Volcanic history Boggust Park Crater is a park located in the suburb of Favona. A friend described this as the "easiest volcano climb...
#23. Te Pane-o-Mataaho (Māngere Mountain)
Date visited: 12 January 2022 Elevation: 106m Volcanic history Te Pane-o-Mataaho is one of the largest and most well-preserved volcanic cones in the Auckland Volcanic Field, at 106 metres above...
#22. Te Hopua a Rangi (Gloucester Park)
Date visited: 17 August 2021 Elevation: 12m Volcanic history Te Hopua a Rangi or Gloucester Park is an explosion crater (a maar) located in Onehunga. The 300m wide crater was...
#21. Te Ipu kura a Maki (Mt. Smart, Rarotonga)
Date visited: 17 August 2021 Elevation: 87m Volcanic history Te Ipu kura a Maki or Mt. Smart is better known to most Aucklanders as the stadium where they do the...
#20. Grafton Volcano
Date visited: 21 August 2021 Elevation: 82m Volcanic history Given its proximity to the Auckland Domain, it will not surprise you to learn that the Grafton Volcano is connected to...
#19. Pukekawa (Auckland Domain)
Date visited: 10 August 2021 Elevation: 77m Volcanic history Pukekawa is believed to have erupted around 75,000 years ago during the Pleistocene epoch. The eruption would have produced lava flows...