New Zealand Milestones True or False (Grade 6)
Free printable true or false worksheet for Grade 6 on modern New Zealand history: suffrage in 1893, Gallipoli, the 1981 Springbok tour and te reo Māori becoming official in 1987.
Grade 6 · History worksheet
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New Zealand Milestones: True or False
Read each statement about modern New Zealand history and circle True or False.
- 1.True or False: Kate Sheppard led the campaign for women's suffrage.
- a) True
- b) False
- 2.True or False: The Gallipoli landings took place on Waitangi Day in 1840.
- a) True
- b) False
- 3.True or False: In 1893 New Zealand became the first self-governing country in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
- a) True
- b) False
- 4.True or False: No New Zealanders died in the Gallipoli campaign.
- a) True
- b) False
- 5.True or False: Every match of the 1981 tour was played exactly as planned.
- a) True
- b) False
- 6.True or False: Te reo Māori was declared an official language in 1642.
- a) True
- b) False
- 7.True or False: The 1893 suffrage petition was signed by only 12 women.
- a) True
- b) False
- 8.True or False: During the 1981 Springbok tour, more than 150,000 people took part in protests against apartheid.
- a) True
- b) False
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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