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SLANZA & School Libraries in the Media
2026
Historian warns proposed job cuts will damage access to NZ's history - One News - 13 September 2026
Reading support on the chopping block: school libraries warn 36% National Libary cut will hit tamariki - Waatea News by Matthew Tukaki - 12 September 2026
The Reckoning: Stripping away literacy support infrastructure - The Sapling by Rochelle Turnbull & Lauryn Urquhart - 10 September 2026
Services to school libraries at risk due to proposed cuts - SchoolNews - 4 September 2026
Proposed National Library Changes Will Severely Impact School Libraries SLANZA Media Release - Scoop - 4 September 2026
Students could miss out if National Library staff cuts go ahead, librarians say - RNZ by John Gerritsen - 3 September 2026
RNZ News Bulletin - 5pm 3 September 2026
Sustained under-investment’: the dire state of school libraries and the years-long cry for help - The Spinoff by Claire Mabey - 10 August 2026
What young reading champions can teach us about ditching phones and saving a dying skill - The Press by Cate Macintosh - 28 July 2026
Gamechanger: the opening of the Nieukerke Library at Te Papapa School - The Sapling by Crisi Blair - 27 May 2026
Growing readers, growing stories: Te Awhi Rito in action - The Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 105, Number 4 posted 24 April 2026
Why reading for pleasure matters - Newsroom by Anne Goulding- 8 January 2026
2025
The Reckoning: Every student deserves a school librarian in their lives - The Sapling by Rochelle Turnbull and Julia Smith
August 4, 2025
The magic of school librarians in Aotearoa - Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 104, Number 3 - 31 March 2025
2024
Librarians of Aotearoa: Coming in from the cold a school library as a source of warmth inspiration and resilience building - The Sapling by Kura Rutherford - 16 May 2024
Strong reading culture turns the page on literacy challenges - The Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 103, Number 6 - Posted 15 May 2024
Ruakākā School librarian Jess Starr opens new chapter in school’s library - Northern Advocate by Brodie Stone - 16 April 2024
School library shortage raises concerns about educational future - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, NewstalkZB - 10 March 2024
Why are our school libraries going extinct? - Interview on Seven Sharp, TVNZ - 7 March 2024
2023
Sometimes things that help kids aren't that hard - money for libraries for instance. Francesca Rudkin, NewstalkZB - August 24 2023
The English department reading lists of Aotearoa, investigated and reviewed – The Spinoff – August 2023
Tertiary Grants: School Library Qualifications A New Priority – The Sapling – August 2023
Why are schools sacrificing libraries despite plummeting literacy rates? - August 2023
'Racist propaganda': The undercover campaign to infiltrate school libraries - July 2023
'Awful and targeted': Librarians, teachers fear bitter culture wars reaching NZ - May 2023
Pay jump for school librarians, science technicians after equity claim settled - March 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay writer Mary-anne Scott leads drive to restock flood-damaged school libraries with books - March 2023
2022
Palmerston North school starts new chapter with 'warm and wonderful' library - September 2022
School librarians support teaching and learning in a fast-changing world – August 2022
Company accused of anti-Māori publishing promoting books at schools - Dec 2021
School libraries denied guaranteed funding as NZ’s literacy levels plummet – April 2021
Online learning reduces children's reading enjoyment - study - November 2020
Librarians say funding cuts affecting kids' literacy - 25 Nov 2020
SLANZA media release - Nov 2020
“A school library is not a luxury, it is a necessity” - Nov 2020
Online learning reduces children's reading enjoyment - study - Nov 2020
School Libraries Campaign – October 2020
The fight to save school libraries – September 2020
School Libraries Campaign – September 2020
The School Library Association of NZ launches a campaign – Aug 2020
One in five school libraries 'suffering' under slashed funding - March 2020
Love of books at Cambridge school which once closed its library to make way for cyber cafe - August 2018
Library book cuts hit schools hard - January 2015
The Sapling - School Librarian Features:
https://www.thesapling.co.nz/tag/libraries/
Historian warns proposed job cuts will damage access to NZ's history - One News - 13 September 2026
Reading support on the chopping block: school libraries warn 36% National Libary cut will hit tamariki - Waatea News by Matthew Tukaki - 12 September 2026
The Reckoning: Stripping away literacy support infrastructure - The Sapling by Rochelle Turnbull & Lauryn Urquhart - 10 September 2026
Services to school libraries at risk due to proposed cuts - SchoolNews - 4 September 2026
Proposed National Library Changes Will Severely Impact School Libraries SLANZA Media Release - Scoop - 4 September 2026
Students could miss out if National Library staff cuts go ahead, librarians say - RNZ by John Gerritsen - 3 September 2026
RNZ News Bulletin - 5pm 3 September 2026
Sustained under-investment’: the dire state of school libraries and the years-long cry for help - The Spinoff by Claire Mabey - 10 August 2026
What young reading champions can teach us about ditching phones and saving a dying skill - The Press by Cate Macintosh - 28 July 2026
Gamechanger: the opening of the Nieukerke Library at Te Papapa School - The Sapling by Crisi Blair - 27 May 2026
Growing readers, growing stories: Te Awhi Rito in action - The Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 105, Number 4 posted 24 April 2026
Why reading for pleasure matters - Newsroom by Anne Goulding- 8 January 2026
2025
The Reckoning: Every student deserves a school librarian in their lives - The Sapling by Rochelle Turnbull and Julia Smith
August 4, 2025
The magic of school librarians in Aotearoa - Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 104, Number 3 - 31 March 2025
2024
Librarians of Aotearoa: Coming in from the cold a school library as a source of warmth inspiration and resilience building - The Sapling by Kura Rutherford - 16 May 2024
Strong reading culture turns the page on literacy challenges - The Education Gazette by Education Gazette editors Issue: Volume 103, Number 6 - Posted 15 May 2024
Ruakākā School librarian Jess Starr opens new chapter in school’s library - Northern Advocate by Brodie Stone - 16 April 2024
School library shortage raises concerns about educational future - The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, NewstalkZB - 10 March 2024
Why are our school libraries going extinct? - Interview on Seven Sharp, TVNZ - 7 March 2024
2023
Sometimes things that help kids aren't that hard - money for libraries for instance. Francesca Rudkin, NewstalkZB - August 24 2023
The English department reading lists of Aotearoa, investigated and reviewed – The Spinoff – August 2023
Tertiary Grants: School Library Qualifications A New Priority – The Sapling – August 2023
Why are schools sacrificing libraries despite plummeting literacy rates? - August 2023
'Racist propaganda': The undercover campaign to infiltrate school libraries - July 2023
'Awful and targeted': Librarians, teachers fear bitter culture wars reaching NZ - May 2023
Pay jump for school librarians, science technicians after equity claim settled - March 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle: Hawke’s Bay writer Mary-anne Scott leads drive to restock flood-damaged school libraries with books - March 2023
2022
Palmerston North school starts new chapter with 'warm and wonderful' library - September 2022
School librarians support teaching and learning in a fast-changing world – August 2022
Company accused of anti-Māori publishing promoting books at schools - Dec 2021
School libraries denied guaranteed funding as NZ’s literacy levels plummet – April 2021
Online learning reduces children's reading enjoyment - study - November 2020
Librarians say funding cuts affecting kids' literacy - 25 Nov 2020
SLANZA media release - Nov 2020
“A school library is not a luxury, it is a necessity” - Nov 2020
Online learning reduces children's reading enjoyment - study - Nov 2020
School Libraries Campaign – October 2020
The fight to save school libraries – September 2020
School Libraries Campaign – September 2020
The School Library Association of NZ launches a campaign – Aug 2020
One in five school libraries 'suffering' under slashed funding - March 2020
Love of books at Cambridge school which once closed its library to make way for cyber cafe - August 2018
Library book cuts hit schools hard - January 2015
The Sapling - School Librarian Features:
https://www.thesapling.co.nz/tag/libraries/
