Aoraki - SLANZA

Paper Plus Merivale Buying Evening

29/8/2014

In May our members were treated to the Paper Plus buying evening – a bookshop all to ourselves after hours and 25% off purchases that night – what more could we want! We heard from a variety of publishers who gave us a sneak peek at titles coming up soon and shared and chatted about the books that are flying off our library shelves and would recommend to others. Many thanks to Simon and his team from Merivale Paper Plus for hosting is great evening.

SLANZA Merit Award for Annette McKitrick

7/8/2014

Posted by Mandy Ditzel, Librarian, Garin College
I am delighted that Annette McKitrick of Waimea Intermediate has been awarded The SLANZA Award for Promotion of Literacy and Enjoyment of Reading.

Annette’s school nominated her, and I was honoured to be able to second the nomination. With the help of the SLANZA National Exec, we were able to keep this a secret from Annette until Waimea Intermediate presented her with her framed certificate & some flowers at their school assembly in the first week of Term 3. Annette was called onto the stage on a pretence, so she was a bit shocked to hear the real reason! I was touched to see that the entire student body rose to their feet for a spontaneous standing ovation.
Click here to read about Annette in the Nelson Weekly!

Congratulations Annette – a most deserving recipient!