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Reading "digitally" key to absorbing information in Internet age: New Zealand study   - The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour," Victoria University researchers compared online and offline reading and found people were reading ...

Maori Television bill passes first reading in Parliament : The chief executive of Maori Television is happy a bill that will allow it to broadcast after the switch to digital transmission has passed its first reading in Parliament. The Maori Television Service Amendment Bill on Thursday passed its first ...

Reading skills essential to economy : In spite of a fabulous boom, 1/8 th of Australia's citizens live below the poverty line. About 70 per cent of New Zealanders and Australians cannot read with understanding beyond a reading age of 9-10. As one must have a memory of language to read with ...

Changing your perspective could start with reading the Australian constitution  - Changing your perspective could start with reading the Australian ... Indigenous people are mentioned only by virtue of the momentous 1967 ...

Australia shoots up international rankings in reading among Year 4 students - But on further analysis there is still a lot of work to be done. "The big issue is the proportion of students who are still not reading at a proficient standard for Australia or internationally, and the fact that it's still based on equity grouping, so it's still lower SES (socio-economic status) students and Indigenous  ...

Paid parental leave bill passes first reading  - Parties that supported the first reading were Labour, Greens, New Zealand First, Maori Party and United Future. National and Act opposed it.

Hollywood blockbusters used to teach reading : For Maori and Pasifika I think it's the moving image that's so powerful _ they're reading it, they're seeing it, they're hearing it, so there's the multi-sensory input which I think is making the difference.'' A large Auckland intermediate school, with ... Otago Daily Times

Māori boys improve reading by playing games  - Playing computer games at school has dramatically improved the reading skills of Māori boys, according to a pilot programme by Te Puni Kokiri.

Weekend tech reading: New Zealand bans software patents ... New Zealand just abolished software patents. Here's why we should, too. What's wrong with the patent system? Most people cite problems with patent trolls or  ...

Australian students go backwards in maths, reading and science: report - The report found that 15.3 per cent of all 15 to 19-year-olds and 24.5 per cent of Aboriginal young people said they are highly concerned about bullying or emotional abuse. It also found that Australia ranks in the bottom third of OECD countries for preschool attendance, with only 83.3 per cent of all four ...

Here are eight new Australian writers you should add to your reading list for 2018 -  Indigenous Australians are often described as having the oldest storytelling tradition. It is no surprise then that some of our best national storytellers are First Australians , including Alexis Wright, Kim Scott and Leah Purcell to name but a few. Today's custodians of this tradition are exploring new modes ...

Reading e-books at bedtime affect sleep  -  Australia's largest supermarket chain is accused of billing suppliers for the old mistakes and deducting money it claims it's owed from their accounts ...

VUP a vital part of New Zealand's reading culture  - The New Zealand Post Book Awards, presented last week, show what good health ... was a way of finding common ground with people we might otherwise have ... has allowed VUP to become a leading publisher in New Zealand .”.

Phonic boom in young student reading skills - She said the number of Australian students classified as “poor readers”, meaning they had failed to achieve the low benchmark, was relatively unchanged since 2011. “In addition, significant achievement gaps by gender, indigenous status, socio-economic background and school location remain,” Dr ...

Reading International Appoints Director of Real Estate for Australia and New Zealand  - activities and the management of its real estate assets in Australia and New Zealand . ... and property development company employing more than 1,350 people across Australia and with total revenues of over AUS$1.6 Billion.

Lifting literacy levels and instilling a lifelong love of reading -  Aboriginal woman and young girl read a colourful child's picture book ... 'We believe every child in Australia should have ready access to books, ..

Library kicks off summer reading program - William MacGavin, a didgeridoo player and crafter, gave children and other event-goers a taste of the history of Australia , the Aboriginal people and ...

Where are they now? Daniel Billing getting hundreds of Indigenous kids reading  - When Daniel Billing came up with the idea of giving Indigenous kids a ... So far, 441 Indigenous students from communities across Australia have ...

South Australian bookworms top reading stakes in national arts participation survey by Australia ... - SOUTH Australians are more likely to read novels and poetry than their interstate counterparts and one in three now attended indigenous cultural ...

Five Indigenous female writers who should be on school reading lists  - Overall, AustLit's BlackWords dataset show women make up roughly half of the 5,452 First Nations writers in Australia , both past and present. That's a ...