NZLA Previous Conferences Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Conference NZLA Symposium 45th NZ Conference 44th NZ Conference(did not take place due to Covid) 43rd NZ Conference (did not take place due to Covid) No Conference(did not take place due to Covid) 42nd NZ Conference 41st NZ Conference Theme Building Resilient Minds with Critical Literacy Lighting the Literacy Pathway Our Voices Our Story – Literacies with differing perspecting and contexts Mai te Maunga ki te Moana N/A The Arts as a Bridge to Literacy Literacy Landscapes Host NZLA Exec Southland Auckland Hawkes Bay Taranaki Canterbury Manawatū Location Zoom Invercargill Auckland Havelock North New Plymouth Christchurch Palmerston North 2017 2016 40th NZ Conference 39th NZ Conference Power of Words Navigating the Literseas Waikato Tai Tokerau Hamilton, Wellington & Christchurch Waitangi 2015 2014 38th NZ Conference 37th NZ Conference WOW – Words on Wellington Surfing the Literacy Wave Wellington Tauranga Wellington Tauranga 2013 2012 36th NZ Conference 35th NZ Conference Sailing from Reading to Literacy Reading Between the Vines Auckland Hawkes Bay Auckland Hastings 2011 2009 34th NZ Conference 33rd NZ Conference A Literacy Explosion Literacy, a remarkable adventure Bay of Plenty Otago Rotorua Queenstown 2008 2007 32nd NZ Conference 31st NZ Conference Bridges to Literacy Nga Taonga – From the mountain to the sea Waikato Taranaki Hamilton New Plymouth 2006 2005 30th NZ Conference 29th NZ Conference Nga Kete – Focused teaching, focused learning Across the Border – your passport to literacy Tai Tokerau Southland Bay of Islands Invercargill 2004 2003 28th NZ Conference 27th NZ Conference Magic of Literacy From Mansfield to Middle Earth Manawatū Wellington Palmerston North Wellington 2002 2001 26th NZ Conference 25th NZ Conference Open the Other Eye and Read Celebrating 25 Years Canterbury Nelson Christchurch Nelson 1999 1998 24th NZ Conference 23rd NZ Conference Something to Crow About Literacy: The Heart of Learning Otago Waikato / Bay of Plenty Dunedin Hamilton 1996 1995 22nd NZ Conference 21st NZ Conference Literacy for Lifelong Learning Reading – the Key Taranaki Southland New Plymouth Invercargill 1994 1993 20th NZ Conference 19th NZ Conference On Being Literate Readers and Writers Towards 2000 Auckland Canterbury Auckland Christchurch 1992 1990 18th NZ Conference 17th NZ Conference Getting the Message Nurture the Culture Wellington Manawatū Trentham Palmerston North 1989 1987 16th NZ Conference 15th NZ Conference Reading to Learn The Wonder of Words Otago Waikato Dunedin Hamilton 1985 1984 14th NZ Conference 13th NZ Conference The Common Experience: A Team Effort Reading Towards Tomorrow Wellington, Canterbury & Nelson Wanganui Nelson Wanganui 1992 1990 18th NZ Conference 17th NZ Conference Getting the Message Nurture the Culture Wellington Manawatū Trentham Palmerston North 1989 1987 16th NZ Conference 15th NZ Conference Reading to Learn The Wonder of Words Otago Waikato Dunedin Hamilton 1985 1984 14th NZ Conference 13th NZ Conference The Common Experience: A Team Effort Reading Towards Tomorrow Wellington, Canterbury & Nelson Wanganui Nelson Wanganui 1982 1981 12th NZ Conference Regional Conference Reading by all means Literacy in the Eighties Canterbury Bay of Plenty Christchurch Rotorua 1981 1981 Regional Conference Regional Conference Reading: A Family Affair Readers by Reading Hawkes Bay Otago Taradale Dunedin 1980 1979 11th NZ Conference 10th NZ Conference Reading ‘80 Reading: The Great Expectation Wellington Auckland Heretaunga Auckland 1978 1977 9th NZ Conference 8th NZ Conference Understanding Reading: Reading to Understand Reading Through Process and Success Otago Manawatū Dunedin Palmerston North 1976 1975 7th NZ Conference 6th NZ Conference Reading Through Children’s Literature The Need is to Read Southland Waikato Queenstown Hamilton 1974 1973 5th NZ Conference 4th NZ Conference New Directions for Teaching Reading Reading is Everyone’s Business Canterbury Wellington Christchurch Wellington 1972 1971 3rd NZ Conference 2nd NZ Conference Reading: Books and Children Reading: A Local and International Challenge Auckland Auckland Auckland Auckland 1970 1st NZ Conference — Auckland Auckland
