Truly honoured to share thoughts with teachers at the Manaiakalani Pasifika Conference in Glen Innes. The theme was empowering students’ voices, an awesome theme. Our young people and their families have so much to contribute.
I related it to an audience at a theatre show vs an audience at a WWE show. Most theatre audiences are passive, we just watch. But audiences at WWE show are active participants in what happens. Young people want to be like this too.
The Reading Tribe has won a Storylines Notable Books Award. Massive thank you to designers Misterwolf for generously doing the design for free because they believe in encouraging young people to read. Thank you Storylines! Awards are important for independent publishers like me because they help people trust my work, and therefore get the work…
Ngā Tamaiti Rangatira is a collection of writing by young people from the Tipu Whare program at Panama Road School. I helped these rangatahi share their thoughts about life, their dreams and the special people they admire. Look how proud they are to be honoured and celebrated as they should be as children of chiefs!
I visited Papakura Intermediate today and it was so awesome sharing stories with these talented young people, showing them that reading can change people’s lives … even a book about rocks! And then to hear that the kids took books about rocks out from the library afterwards – that’s pretty cool.
Tamatea Intermediate students are Writing Warriors! Look how focused they are.
22 newly published authors showing off their books at Waimārama School, Hawke’s Bay.
Today I shared about how reading changes people’s lives with children at Grey Lynn Primary School.
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