Posts tagged with reading role models

Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Alan Dingley speaking on stage to a group of students.

Inspiring readers around the motu

March 13th, 2024. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

‘Connection is key. I hope to see as many of you as possible on the incredible journey.’

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Events, awards and school sessions

November 10th, 2023. By Alan Dingley

In his latest post, Alan reflects on his busy September and October.

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View of the He Ara Kotahi bridge in Palmerston North.

Te Awhi Rito out and about

August 21st, 2023. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

Since starting as Te Awhi Rito at the end of May, Alan has had a busy schedule of events and started a new role as Community Librarian at Te Patikitiki Highbury Library in Palmerston North.

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Inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador Ben Brown with new ambassador Alan Dingley in a library.

Honouring Ben Brown and welcoming Alan Dingley

June 15th, 2023. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

The National Library in Wellington held a special gathering to honour and acknowledge Ben Brown as he finishes his term as Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador and to welcome Alan Dingley as the next Te Awhi Rito.

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Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador Alan Dingley stands in front of a group of students.

School librarian to be the next Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador

March 29th, 2023. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

Alan Dingley, School Librarian at Palmerston North Intermediate School, has been named as the next Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador for children and young people.

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Ben Brown, the inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador, presenting his pānui at the National Library. Photo by Mark Beatty.

Ben Brown — Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito: Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero

February 20th, 2023.

Ben reflects on the power of stories and his time as the inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador.

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Community and Te Awhi Rito supporting ‘rito’ to engage with reading

February 10th, 2023.

In this video, Ben talks about the metaphor of Te Awhi Rito, the role of nurturing and inspiring the ‘rito’ — the young shoot, the children of Aotearoa New Zealand.

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View down through bush to baches next to tidal inlet.

A summertime story

November 2nd, 2022. By Ben Brown

For school students, Summer is a long holiday season. Fun in the sun. Six weeks down time from the books with the potential for a ‘summer slide’ in reading engagement.

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When I was a boy

September 8th, 2022.

The first in a series of posts about Ben's reading role models. Ben looks back on Joe Doyle, one of the reading role models that inspired him.

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Ben Brown at Waimana School on Whakatane visit.

Te Awhi Rito: The year that was – 2021–2022

August 25th, 2022. By Te Awhi Rito team, National Library

In his first year as Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador, Ben toured Aotearoa New Zealand sharing stories and highlighting connections between storytelling, reading aloud and reading.

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