One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. There are two stories in this book. In the first, a Literacy Waitākere learner writes about caring for some baby turtles in Tuvalu. This story has original illustrations by a Literacy Waitākere tutor. The second story is about a fishing [...]
One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere learner writes about her time working at Kinleith, and then about what New Lynn was like when she was working at the Crown Lynn factory in the 1960s. Price $15.50 plus postage
One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. In the two stories in this book, a Māori learner at Literacy Waitākere writes about an encounter in Kāingaroa, and free-diving in Tākou Bay in the Far North. Price $15.50 plus postage
One of a series of new professional printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere learner writes about her time working at the Crown Lynn factory in New Lynn from the 1960s to 1980s. Price $15.50 plus postage
One of a series of new professional printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. Two Literacy Waitākere learners share stories of fishing in their homelands, Tuvalu and Samoa. Price $15.50 plus postage
One of a series of new professionally printed Adult Readers created in conjunction with Auckland Libraries. A Literacy Waitākere tutor experienced a tsunami while on holiday in Samoa with her family and decided to make a story about it for her learners. A free extra with this story (on request) is a PDF of adult literacy activities based [...]
Literacy Waitākere has given me a reason to get out of bed. Literacy Waitākere is a foundation and a stepping-stone for me. Being part Maori, I find the Te Whare Tapa Wha important to me [a Maori pedagogy underpinning the way our tutors work]. For instance, on the Wairua (spiritual) side, we have Karakia and waiata. [...]
In his late 70s, Murphy Ah Chee came to Literacy Waitakere to build his writing skills so that he could share these stories of his childhood. Two are about Samoa just after the Second World War, and then he tells of his journey to New Zealand as a 10 year old, and his new life here. [...]
I came to Literacy Waitākere to improve my job options and confidence. When assessed by Literacy Waitākere, using the TEC standards, I was under par for a functioning adult in our complex society. Every job I chose would be based on the belief I couldn’t do any better. When I was working in the cinema [...]
I was doing a computer course but my writing was not very good as I had problems with my spelling. I went to the Citizens Advice Bureau to look for an adult learning programme to improve my writing. They told me about Literacy Waitakere so I came in to check the place out. As soon as [...]
