Reading
Stopping the summer reading slump
Teachers and principals want books to play a bigger part in the typical New Zealand holiday, in order to curb the summer reading slump. Audio
A Fragile Peace by Lindsay Wood
A classic story of the first Christmas in the trenches in 1914. Audio
Australian Children's Laureate Jackie French
Jackie French tackles youth literacy in her new book I Spy a Great Reader. She is a passionate advocate for literacy and knows first hand what a struggle reading can be. Jackie French is dyslexic, and… Audio
Stuart McNaughton : reading
Reading and literacy Director of the Woolf Fisher Research Centre at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education, who is about to be inducted into the International Reading Association's Reading… Audio
Ant Hampton - The Quiet Volume
The Quiet Volume created by Ant Hampton is a form of audience-generated theatre, or autoteatro, which takes place in a working library. It explores the particular tension common to any library… Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 10
School starts back and the students from Brazil arrive. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 9
Max reveals what happened in Australia, and he begins seeing a counsellor who stops Max moving into the sleep-out. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 8
Ruby goes to Wellington with Maria, Catarina and Lucas. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 7
Ruby's mum finally remembers her birthday, Max returns, and Maria asks Ruby to join them on a trip to Wellington. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 6
Ruby gets Portuguese lessons, and both her and Max's birthdays come and go. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 5
Ruby lands a holiday job and Max takes off. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 4
The decision is made about who gets to go to Brazil, and Ruby decides to get CDs from the library to start learning Portuguese. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 3
Ruby gets the job she wants, at the hourly rate she wants, but still can't get Tia to buy the right clothes. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 2
Ruby goes on strike and refuses to help out at home. Audio
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale - Part 1
Tia gets angry with Ruby, telling her to grow a backbone. Audio
Whale Pot Bay - part 10
Jake, Steph and Milt battle to escape the tsunami only to discover they're not the only ones left in the bay. Audio
Whale Pot Bay - part 9
Artifacts from the dig and Pimi, are all scrambled to safety as a tsunami warning is issued for the bay. Audio
Whale Pot Bay - part 7
The whale's brush with Milton Summer has turned it into a celebrity with dire consequences. Audio
Whale Pot Bay - part 6
While trying to get rid of magpies Jake meets an odd hunter who's good with a rifle. Audio