Modern New Zealand Timeline (Grade 6)
Free printable timeline worksheet for Grade 6. Students put six milestones of modern New Zealand, from women winning the vote in 1893 to the first Matariki public holiday in 2022, in chronological order.
Grade 6 · History worksheet
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Order the Events: Modern New Zealand
Number these events from earliest (1) to most recent. Write the year next to each event.
- 1.Event 1: The Māori Language Act makes te reo Māori an official language of New Zealand.
- 2.Event 2: Matariki is celebrated as a public holiday for the first time.
- 3.Event 3: The Waitangi Tribunal is created to investigate claims that the Crown has breached Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- 4.Event 4: More than 150,000 people protest against the Springbok rugby tour and South Africa's apartheid laws.
- 5.Event 5: The Electoral Act becomes law on 19 September; New Zealand women win the right to vote in parliamentary elections, a world first for a self-governing country.
- 6.Event 6: ANZAC forces land at Gallipoli on 25 April, the anniversary now marked as Anzac Day.
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- NZ History: New Zealand women and the vote: brief history — supports the Electoral Act becoming law on 19 September 1893, the world-first status, Kate Sheppard's leadership and the petition of nearly 32,000 signatures
- NZ History: The Gallipoli campaign — documents the 25 April 1915 landings, the eight-month campaign and the 2,779 New Zealand dead remembered on Anzac Day
- NZ History: The 1981 Springbok tour — records the 56 days of protest, more than 150,000 participants in over 200 demonstrations, and the abandoned Hamilton match
- NZ History: Te reo Māori recognised as official language — documents the Māori Language Act 1987 making te reo Māori an official language
- Te Ara: Matariki, Te Tau Hou Māori — explains Matariki as the midwinter rising of the star cluster marking the Māori New Year, first marked with a public holiday in 2022