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Travel through 4.5 billion years of history
Step aboard your own time machine and journey to 100 unforgettable moments from the past — from dinosaurs and early humans to Ancient Egypt, Viking voyages, the Moon landing, and the people, places, and events that shaped Aotearoa New Zealand.
Welcome to The Time Machine
Travel through 4.5 billion years of history in one incredible educational adventure. Created especially for primary-aged learners, the Aotearoa Edition combines world history with comprehensive coverage of the latest Aotearoa New Zealand Histories curriculum.
Māori history is presented as the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa, alongside stories of voyaging, settlement, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, colonisation, migration, leadership, protest, identity, innovation, and social change.
Look. Learn. Challenge. Collect.
At every destination, children step into history through immersive scenes, discover fascinating facts, and test their knowledge — building an extraordinary collection spanning Aotearoa and the wider world.
- Look through the Time Machine window at an immersive historical scene
- Discover fascinating, easy-to-read facts at every stop
- Complete a 10-question Time Challenge with instant explanations
- Earn a unique taonga at each destination
- Unlock hidden historical Time Travellers with perfect scores
- Build a collection spanning Aotearoa and the wider world
Aotearoa New Zealand Histories — covered
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Understand the founding partnership of Aotearoa.
Colonisation & migration
Explore how people came, stayed, and shaped the land.
Leadership & protest
Meet leaders and movements that changed history.
Identity & innovation
Discover how communities expressed themselves and created change.
Voyaging & settlement
From Kupe's journey to waves of migration across centuries.
Social change
See how ordinary people helped shape the world we live in.
Historical figures and everyday heroes
Kupe, Hōne Heke Pōkai, Kate Sheppard, and Dame Whina Cooper
Cleopatra, Leonardo da Vinci, and Albert Einstein
Ordinary people whose lives helped shape history
100 destinations from 4.5 billion years ago to the present
Perfect for classrooms, homeschooling, and curious young explorers
World history woven with Aotearoa's unique story
Explore the past. Collect the taonga. Unlock the travellers.
The Time Machine: Aotearoa Edition transforms history into an exciting journey of discovery. Shape your understanding of the world — one unforgettable moment at a time.
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This app is part of the LearnSpace NZ ecosystem — curriculum-aligned tools for kura, kaiako, whānau, and tamariki across Aotearoa.