Learner Resources
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Looking for words and meanings - Dictionaries
Reading and Writing
Working with Numbers
Driver Licence - New Zealand Road Code Resources
Getting Ready for Work
Reference Resources - Te Reo Māori and English
English/Māori or Māori/English Dictionaries
- Ngata dictionary (NZ) Learning Media 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:
- Māori vowel song - a ha ka ma na pa ra ta wa nga wha (Youtube clip)
- Brief History of the Māori Language (nzhistory.net.nz)
- 100 Māori Words Every New Zealander Should Know (nzhistory.net.nz)
- 365 useful words and phrases in Te Reo Māori (nzhistory.net.nz)
- Digital Dialects - Māori language learning games
- Te Takanga o te Wā: Māori History in Aotearoa New Zealand (MoE)
English Dictionaries
- Collins online
Other Reference Resources
Simple Wikipedia - the Plain English version.
Synonym Finder Free online thesaurus: Synonyms, Meaning, Similar Words, Definition
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand (NZ)
Unravelling Legal Jargon (Write Ltd. NZ) - using plain English
Reading, Writing, Spelling
Pathways Awarua (NZ-TEC): for adult learners on a course or in training. 100+ interactive learning modules, linked to the Learning Progressions
BBC - Skillswise (UK)
GCF- Learn Free (Goodwill Community Foundation) (USA) Activities for adult literacy learners.
Study Guides and Strategies (USA) Ready to use interactive and print resources
Working with Numbers
MathsFirst (NZ) Massey University Maths help - exercises, videos, quizzes
NZ Maths Centre (NZ) games, videos and skills
Sorted (NZ) New Zealand Budgeting website with calculators
BBC - Skillswise (UK)
Free Rice (United Nations World Food Programme)
IXL (USA) - Maths for the left and right brain - resources aligned with the NZ National Curriculum - you can sample the activities on this site, but need to become a member to access all resources (at a cost)
Khan Academy (USA) 'You only have to know one thing: You can learn anything'
New Zealand Road Code Resources
AA (Automobile Association) (NZ) FREE online quiz
Drive (NZ) - NZTA - Learn the NZ Road Code - a free learning tool created by the New Zealand Transport Agency and ACC. This has been developed as the official learning tool for the learner licence theory test. It has been designed for use on mobiles and tablets as well as websites and has much simpler language than the Official New Zealand Road Code.
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.
Pathways Awarua (NZ) Road Code app - A complete series of modules on the road code on the Pathways Awarua literacy and numeracy website. These cover all the topic areas assessed in the learner licence theory test.
Getting Ready for Work
Careers NZ (NZ) - Plan your career, write your CV, explore jobs, find courses and start job hunting
Job Search Websites
- Indeed: https://nz.indeed.com/
- SEEK: https://www.seek.co.nz/
- Trade Me Jobs: www.trademe.co.nz/Trade_Me_Jobs/
- YUDU: https://www.yudu.co.nz/