Cam Calder: History of NZ curriculum woefully lacking in detail 4 May, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read Signposts to historical events abound across the country but not all are acknowledged in the draft NZ History curriculum. Photo / Caitlan Johnston, File Signposts to historical events abound across the country but not all are acknowledged in the draft NZ History curriculum. Photo / Caitlan Johnston, File NZ Herald Edward Gibbon, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, wrote: "History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortune of mankind." Sadly, the draft Aotearoa New Zealand's Histories in the New Zealand Curriculum seems to be a folly and misfortune in itself.