Literacy Aotearoa:

• Resources for Learning Sessions
• Resources for Tutors
• Te Reo Māori resource (includes links to numerous sites)

Reference Resources:

• A Dictionary of the Māori Language  (NZ) (1957 edition), by Herbert William Williams. Māori-English only
• English-Māori dictionary by H.M Ngata  (NZ) online version.  Just type in a word for the English or Māori translation.
• Te Aka  (NZ) An online dictionary Māori-English English-Māori
• Other links to Māori resources / information:
  • Brief History of the Māori Language  (nzhistory.net.nz)
  • 100 Māori Words Every New Zealander Should Know (nzhistory.net.nz)
  • About Moko (Te Papa)
  • Wharenui Parts (TKI)
• Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand  (NZ)
• Simple Wikipedia - the Plain English version.
• Wikipedia

Literacy Websites in NZ:

• CECIL blocks - designed for children but could be useful with Starting Points learners.
• Health Literacy in New Zealand  (NZ)
• Literacy and Numeracy for Adults - Te Arapiki Ako  (NZ) 
  Many resources for educators and learners, including:

• Learning Progressions -View Professional Development Resource Booklets including 'Teaching Adults to...:
  
  • Read with Understanding
  • Make Sense of Numbers to Solve Problems
  • Write to Communicate
  • Measure and Interpret Shape and Space
  • Reason Statistically
• Adult Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tool  view...

• Literacy Online - (NZ) Te Kete Ipurangi, Ministry of Education
• Te Kete Ipurangi  (NZ) This is a Ministry of Education site to assist teachers with lesson planning, containing several useful Māori language resources.

• About.com  (USA) Articles about adult education
• ABC-Life Literacy Canada (Canada). Check out the 'Myths'.
• Adult Learners'  Week Australia  (Australia)
• AUSSE -  Australasian Survey of Student Engagement Research: briefings and reports
• Australian Council for Adult Literacy  (Australia)
• BBC - Skillswise (UK)
• Book Depository  (UK)  Purchase books at discount prices, free delivery worldwide.
• Decoda Literacy Solutions (Canada)
• GCF- Learn Free (Goodwill Community Foundation) (USA) Activities for adult literacy learners.
• Healthy Roads Media  (USA) Health Literacy - 100+ topics presented using multimedia
• Learning and Skills Improvement Service  (UK)
• Literacy Connections  (USA)
• Literacy Partners of Manitoba (Canada)
• NALA  (Ireland)
• National Literacy Trust (UK)
• NIACE  (UK)
• North West Territories Literacy Council  (Canada)
  • Digital Storytelling step by step more...
• PEI (Prince Edward Island) Literacy Alliance (Canada)
• Saskatchewan Literacy Network (Canada)
• Study Guides and Strategies  (USA)  Ready to use interactive and print resources
• VALBEC  (Australia)
• simple Wikipedia - the 'simple English' version

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• NZ Maths   (NZ)  New Zealand School Curriculum for Maths
• Financial Literacy  (NZ) Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income
• Sorted  (NZ)  New Zealand Budgeting website with calculators

• BBC - Skillswise (UK)
• Math in Daily Life  (USA)
• Math League  (USA)
• Maths4Us  (UK) 
• Maths Concurrent Assistance   (Australia)
• Nrich  (UK)  'Specialists in Rich Mathematics'
• Vocational Numeracy Online  (Australia)

• New Zealand Road Code  (NZ) Read the whole official Road Code online for cars, heavy traffic, motorcycles and bicycles.
• NZ Road Code Learner Licence Theory Test Questions (NZ)  Here you can see most of the questions you could be asked.
• NZ Road Code Learner Licence Theory Practice Tests  (NZ)  Buy online practice tests.
• NZ Learner Licence Theory Practice Tests  (NZ)  Free to use, gives instant feedback, but some trick questions.
• AA (Automobile Association)  (NZ)  Free online quiz
• Examples of New and Reformatted questions  (NZ) For the Learner Licence Theory Test

• How Adults Learn  (USA) The Ageless Learner
• All about Adolescent Literacy  (USA) Research, Reports, Strategies and more.