NZLA News

  • National

    International Development in Oceania Committee Report

    The Report to the Annual Meeting of IDOC 2018

  • National

    NZLA Presidents Report 2018-2019

    Joy Hawke presents her NZLA Presidents Report at Annual Meeting.

  • Manawatu

    Palmy PNINS Team win Kids’ Lit Quiz NZ Title!!!!

    We are thrilled to announce that one of our very own Palmerston North teams, have won the NZ Title at the National Kids' Lit Quiz Champs. They are now off to compete in the Worlds in Singapore next month.

  • Tai Tokerau

    TTLA Annual Seminar Day – Languages of Literacy

    The Tai Tokerau Literacy Association held its 17th Annual Seminar Day on Saturday 18th May. The day was attended by 63 delegates from Ahipara to Papakura. The theme for this year was around the Languages of Literacy.

  • Tai Tokerau

    Donovan Bixley visits Tai Tokerau

    Donovan Bixley is a picture book creator, who has worked on more than 90 books in a broad range of genres, from his best-selling preschool books The Wheels on the Bus (Hodder Moa, 2010) and Old MacDonald’s Farm (Hodder Moa, 2011) to his international illustrated biographies Faithfully Mozart (PQ Blackwell/Hodder,…

  • Waikato

    LIBRARIES ALIVE

    FULL STEAM AHEAD! 2019 Another great WLA 'Libraries Alive' event hosted by Southwell School library.A number of our regions more 'far flung' schools joined us to learn more about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics)

  • Manawatu

    Why Join the Manawatu Literacy Association?

    Why join MLA? Head to our 'Newsletters' section and read further to find out!

  • Auckland

    Connect With Us

    Connect with us on Facebook!

  • Auckland

    National Simultaneous Storytime

    ALA presents Alpacas with Maracas (Available through Scholastic). Register at www.ala.org.au/nss

  • National

    Research Project – Exploring literacy: How six schools lifted achievement – Eliza de Waal and Jan Eyre

    Given the importance of early success in reading and writing, the question of how schools can support children to make progress in these areas is of great interest. This project set out to explore this question by identifying schools that appear to be successful in achieving progress in literacy and…

  • Waikato

    Boy oh Boy

    Dr Irwin challenged us to look at the way we engage with our boys and think about how our class environment and programmes could be adapted to be more ‘boy friendly.’  He acknowledged that some boys take up a large ‘space’ in the classroom with their noise, movement and energy.…

  • Manawatu

    Presidents Report – Manawatu 2018

    2018 was an exciting and extremely busy year for our roopu. I had the pleasure of working with our amazing MLA team throughout 2018 as we prepared and hosted the 41st NZLA national conference, Literacy landscapes! On 3-5 October 2018 we joined together with over 220 conference delegates here in…

  • Tai Tokerau

    Tai Tokerau Literacy Association Presidents Report for 2018

    TTLA Presidents Report for 2018

  • Tai Tokerau

    MCLT & TTLA Conference Awards

    This is a great opportunity to attend the NZLA Conference in Christchurch.

  • Southland

    Southland Literacy Association 2019 scholarship opportunities

    Southland Literacy Association 2019 scholarship opportunities

  • Hawkes Bay

    HBLA Scholarships 2019

    The Hawke’s Bay Literacy Association is offering sponsorship to 4 teachers in Hawke’s Bay to attend the NZLA Conference in Christchurch.

  • Hawkes Bay

    2019 Events Calendar

    We are proud to offer affordable quality Literacy Professional Development in Hawke's Bay.

  • National

    Exec and President positions available

    Nominations are called for a Exec Member. Nominations as well for a President Elect to serve on NZLA for the next year and then take on the role of President in June 2020.

  • Tai Tokerau

    Sheena Cameron & Louise Dempsey – Increasing student talk during reading to enhance comprehension

    It was a privilege to have Sheena Cameron & Louise Dempsey come north to lead a very practical workshop

  • Waikato

    Books for Babies at Te Awamutu Birthing Centre

    50 delicately gift-wrapped children's books kindly donated by Scholastic were gifted to the Te Awamutu Birthing Centre. Committee members from Waikato Literacy Association who helped make this event possible were able to present a new book to the parents on behalf of their newborn babies. Every newborn will receive a…