New Zealand Resources
Free PDF for Kids – Includes extra resources to make learning fun: coloring pages, word games, handwriting practice, and a curated YouTube playlist. Perfect for enriching your family’s study of New Zealand!
Printa\ble Artwork by Karen Stephens:
📚 Children’s Stories & Books
Hairy Maclary animated playlist – Watch here
Hairy Maclary (single video) – Watch here
The Kuia and the Spider (Māori legend) –Watch here
🎶 Music & Songs
Tihei Mauri Ora song – Listen here
Hayley Westenra (songs in Māori & English) – Playlist
🏛 LDS History & Faith
Temples in New Zealand:
Wellington/Porirua Temple – fun fact: southernmost temple in the world!
A Marvelous Work in Aotearoa – Alma Greenwood story | Juvenile Instructor, 1886
Apostle of the Pacific (Matthew Cowley) – Story 1 | Story 2 | Improvement Era
Matthew Cowley’s mission to NZ – Ensign 2015
Hui Tau conference, by David O. McKay – Juvenile Instructor, 1906
Prophecy of Pāora Te Potangaroa –Church History account |Wikipedia |National Library copy (Māori)
🌿 Culture & Traditions
Meaning of Aotearoa & Hagoth connection – RSC article
Whakataka karakia (prayer) – Te Puni Kōkiri | Song
Treaty of Waitangi (NZ’s founding document) – Read here
Māori Dictionary –Search here
🌍 Nature & Science
Wild sheep of New Zealand – Read here
Glowworms (Chemistry of Common Things) – Learn here
Olive growing in NZ –Video
🏉 Sports & Heroes
Sid Going (“Super Sid”) – The Roar article | Church News | Obituary
Mentioned in General Conference –Talk here
🎨 Art & Creativity
Sculptor Leroy Transfield (Kiwi artist in Utah) – Portfolio | Religious works
Juvenile Instructor Links:
My New Zealand Mission — Alma Greenwood (1885–1886)
First installment (Vol. 20, No. 5, March 1, 1885). Church History Catalog
One cited installment (Vol. 20, No. 14, July 15, 1885, p. 222). Church History CatalogJSTOR
Note: This ran as a 22-part series across Vols. 20–21 (Mar 1885–Mar 1886).Scripture Central
A Trip to Our Antipodes (1876–1877) — serialized travel/history essays that include New Zealand content:
Chapter XIII – “New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax)” (Vol. 11, July 1, 1876). Church History Catalog
Chapter XVIII – “Captain Cook visited New Zealand…” (Vol. 11, Nov 1, 1876). Church History Catalog
The series continues into Vol. 12 (1877); see the volume index (lists “Antipodes” parts at pp. 10, 22, 33, 46, 59).Church History Catalog
Correspondence from New Zealand
“Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand” (letter dated June 28, 1876) discussing Māori traditions and local life (appears in the Correspondence section). Church History Catalog
