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In 2008 Wayne Mills was given the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award [1] to recognize his achievement in establishing the Kids' Lit Quiz. [2] He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's New Year's Honours in 2011 for meritorious services to education, specifically children's literature.
In each game, the contestant (an adult) is asked a series of eleven questions, spanning ten subjects (such as Human Sciences, Maths or Literacy) taken from textbooks for year 2 through year 6 students. Each question is associated with a year level; there are one or two questions per year level, from year 2 to year 6.
The programme has a stated aim of inspiring "a love of books in Duffy children so they become adults who inspire a love of reading." Its core function is as a form of book club in which students at low decile primary and intermediate schools in New Zealand order books from a brochure which are then presented at role model assemblies at the end of three school terms.
After Reading Recovery was removed from the curriculum in many Australian schools, [6] its utility has been questioned by researchers and policy makers in New Zealand as well. [8] By 2019, this had led to reduction in use of Reading Recovery in New Zealand's public schools, and toward a greater emphasis on phonics-based instruction.
Dame Marie Mildred Clay DBE FRSNZ (/ ˈ m ɑːr i / MAR-ee; [1] née Irwin; 3 January 1926 – 13 April 2007) was a researcher from New Zealand known for her work in educational literacy. She was committed to the idea that children who struggle to learn to read and write can be helped with early intervention.
A copy was sent to every school in New Zealand, and a two-month exhibition was hosted under the same title at the National Library Gallery in Wellington. [22] [4] The book won the award for Reference and Anthology at the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. [60] Arts historian Athol McCredie is quoted in the book as saying: [22] [23]
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly the New Zealand Book Council) is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes to promote books and reading in New Zealand. It was established in 1972 and its programmes have included supporting writers' visits to schools and enabling writers to travel to different areas of New Zealand.
While the first uses of the term "New Zealand literature" appeared in the 1860s, it was used in an aspirational sense; it took time for a distinctly New Zealand literature to develop. [2] [9] [10] Early New Zealand books were generally narratives of visits and travel to New Zealand, such as A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand ...