The beginning of a Hokianga Literacy Hub – Phyllis and Richard Nahi and Jo Poland met in the torrential rain at Kawakawa last Friday, to talk about how RYALT might be able to support the literacy work the Nahis are doing and so Jo could deliver some donated laptops for the new group.

                On the 23rd and 24th June 2018, ten Kerikeri people and four Mangonui people gave up their weekend to train as volunteer coaches, or to help with logistics for the training. The trainer was Jo Poland. Wendy Wyatt travelled down from Mangonui to help in any way […]

In the first week of the April 2018 school holidays 17 teenage boys from around the greater Waikato region attended a camp at the Port Waikato School Camp. They worked on literacy till 2pm and then had outdoor activities to reduce some of their energy! Camp photos can be seen at the following link: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B16532ODWGLr5tM  The […]

In recognition of the Trust’s 2017 decision to work with teenagers, and its recognition that working with young people may prevent years of unhappiness for these teenagers, at its meeting today the board of the Adult Literacy Rural Trust has changed the trust’s name to the Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust. RYALT.