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Events

• Mon 5th May 2025 — Wed 7th May 2025

  Meet the authors

  Meet some of the authors of our set texts for Book Battle this year. Spaces are strictly limited, so get in quick! Juliette MacIver, Michaela Keeble, and Feana Tu'akoi will be at Te Takere or te Kura-hau-pō in Levin on Math 5th and Stacy Gregg will be at Ōhau School…

• Thu 26th Jun 2025

  Book Battle 2025

  Book Battle is back for 2025!

• Past Events

• Thu 24th Aug 2023 — Thu 7th Sep 2023

  Term 3 Professional Development Webinars

  Short and sweet Zoom sessions with literacy experts.

• Wed 14th Jun 2023 — Sat 17th Jun 2023

  Reading for Pleasure Festival this week!

  Reading for Pleasure is so important for so many reasons. Join us in Palmerston North for a series of events to celebrate and learn about it.

• Sat 1st Jan 2022 — Sat 31st Dec 2022

  MLA 2022 Calendar of Events

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• Fri 1st Jan 2021 — Fri 31st Dec 2021

  MLA 2021 Calendar of Events

  Check out what our council is planning for 2021!

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News

• 2025 Calendar of Events

  Posted on April 10, 2025

  Manawatū council has plenty of fantastic events planned this year!

• 2020 President’s Report for the AGM

  Posted on April 6, 2021

  Kia ora e hoa ma, 2020 was a very different year for MLA; indeed for all of us! I had the pleasure of once again being the President, and working alongside an amazing team of motivated educators; albeit via many a Zoom meeting (affectionately termed ‘Zui’).

• President’s Report- Manawatu 2019

  Posted on April 30, 2020

  Kia ora e hoa ma, 2019 was another busy year for MLA. I had the pleasure of once again being the President, and working alongside an amazing team of motivated educators; keen to make a difference in our schools through Literacy.

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

  Posted on June 3, 2019

  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.

• Why Join the Manawatu Literacy Association?

  Posted on May 5, 2019

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

• Presidents Report – Manawatu 2018

  Posted on March 29, 2019

  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…

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