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2024 Auckland Writers Festival — books and beyond
By Fiona (Ona) 'Ofamo'oni
29 April 2024
National Library Services to Schools is once again partnering with Auckland Writers Festival.
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Reading culture boosts literacy and classroom connections
By Tracey Greenwood
19 February 2024
Building solid relationships at the start of the year sets your students up for success.
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The word on our literary partnerships and events programme
By Zoe Roland
6 December 2023
Our partnerships with the literary community.
Events
Our best children's and YA books for 2023
By Services to Schools staff
20 November 2023
Services to Schools staff are back with their pick of books published in 2023.
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Dahl and beyond: Discover more read-alouds!
By Heath Lewzey
16 October 2023
Roald Dahl is an icon, explore a selection of other great read-aloud authors.
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Seeding a community of readers
By Jo Buchan
21 September 2023
Alex Woodley discusses her role as evaluator for the Canterbury Pūtoi Rito COR project.
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Try a verse novel for National Poetry Day
By Crissi Blair
21 August 2023
Verse novels provide rewarding reading for all ages and abilities.
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Off the record | A welcome home
By Paul Diamond and Seán McMahon
11 August 2023
About the typed manuscript of ‘the bone people’.
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Celebrating mathematics in your school library
By Sara Neville
31 July 2023
Discover some great resources to bring mathematics into the school library.
Libraries and learning
Unleash the power of shadowing book awards
By Tracey Greenwood
26 June 2023
Embark on this ultimate reading experience to (re)engage your students.
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World Environment Day — resources and books on plastic pollution
By Janice Rodrigues
29 May 2023
Resources and books to explore solutions to plastic pollution with your ākonga.
Libraries and learning
Pink Shirt Day — resources and books on bullying
By Chelsea Ritchie
8 May 2023
Explore resources and books about bullying with your ākonga.
Libraries and learning
Literary papers | Notes in the margin
By Lindsay Bilodeau
28 April 2023
Eleanor Catton's annotated edition of her award-winning novel 'The Luminaries'.
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Inclusive picture books
By Crissi Blair, Rosemary Tisdall and Tracey Greenwood
20 March 2023
Explore how picture books are for everyone. Read highlights from WaiPRU 2022. Browse a curated list of inclusive picture books.
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Support for schools impacted by the floods and cyclone
By Services to Schools staff
28 February 2023
Services to Schools would like to help in whatever way we can. When the time is right, we have supports in place for you to call upon.
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Polyfest — reconnecting youth to their languages
By Matirini Ngari
20 February 2023
Learn about ASB Polyfest, its history and ways we can support Pacific communities to reconnect to their languages.
Libraries and learning
Ngā pukapuka hou – What’s new in the Māori Reference Collection?
By Trish Beamsley
7 February 2023
New books in the Māori Reference Collection
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Off the record | A radical life
By Jessica Moran
7 December 2022
Award-winning writer Jared Davidson talks about archiving and writing radical history.
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Kia pai te raumati! Summer resources, books and more
By Chelsea Ritchie
21 November 2022
Get your class raumati ready with awesome summer activities, resources, books and our summer reading offer.
Libraries and learning
Our best children’s and YA books for 2022
By Services to Schools staff
7 November 2022
Here's our annual selection of the best children's and young adult (YA) books published in 2022.
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