Family, whānau, and community connections

Home-school reading partnerships

Learn how to create a culture of reading that extends beyond school walls through home-school partnerships, and why it's important. This guide includes ​strategies parents and whānau​ can use to support their children as readers.

Reading Together programme

The Reading Together® programme helps parents and whānau support their children’s reading more effectively at home. The National Library can provide extra books, and professional advice and support to help the programme succeed in your school.

Reading at home

Find out how you can support and encourage your children and teenagers to read for pleasure. This is one of the most powerful ways of improving their literacy, learning, and wellbeing.

Collaborating with public libraries

Collaborating with your local public library encourages students and their families/whānau to use their local library and its resources. This supports students to read for pleasure outside of school, at home, and during the holidays.