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Kiwis can't fly - or read: Why are so many New Zealand children struggling with literacy?

Megan Wood
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Digital editor and writer·NZ Herald·
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Kiwis can't fly - or read: Why are so many New Zealand children struggling with literacy?
Kiwis can't fly - or read: Why are so many New Zealand children struggling with literacy?

I have an almost 9-year-old son who throws the word "intriguing" casually (and correctly) into conversation, but he can't read. He can come up with amazing original story ideas off the top of his head, but he can't read. Our home is cluttered with books, he is read to every

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