BRINGING BOOKS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER SINCE 1994

ISSN 1177-0562

READNEWSLETTER NO.68 JUNE 2017

about it

Since the generous support of The Tindall Foundation

from 2011 to date, a total of over $285,000.00 has

contributed to the success of the Duffy Ready

for Reading (R4R) Programme.

The Tindall Family began the foundation 22 years ago.

Their philosophy - “We want to give to areas of the

greatest need and to projects that we believe will

make the most significant difference –

to change people’s lives for the better”.

Early Childhood Education Centres nationwide

on the Duffy Ready for Reading programme

have benefited from the foundation’s

overwhelming support, including

$80,000 for the 2017/2018 year.

The Tindall Foundation has enabled over

85,000 children to receive 145,000 brand

new books in 288 Early Childhood Education

Centres from Kaitaia to Bluff.

In a 2016 survey, 98% of centres agreed the

programme is a contributing factor preparing

4-5 year old new entrants for primary school.

Thank you to The Tindall Foundation,

we couldn’t have done this without you!

The Tindall Foundation makes R4R dream a reality

The printing of this newsletter is kindly sponsored by Soar Printing

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We are excited to announce...

Decile 4 schools are now eligible to

join the Duffy Books in Homes programme!

HEAD ALONG TO http://www.booksinhomes.org.nz

TO FIND OUT MORE

Q What made you want to be a Duffy role model?

A Creativity and imagination are characteristics that should be

treasured and held in the highest regard. Unfortunately I think we do not encourage creative thinking in children enough. Reading is a way of allowing anyone to wander off into an imaginary world. Duffy Books is a great cause because as a Role Model you are involved

in the process. You get to see first-hand how this charity has an impact on a child.

Q What was the most enjoyable part of each assembly for you?

A When the principal announced to the school that Duffy books were being

handed out, the body language of every child changed. They sat up and were fully engaged. It put a huge smile on my face and I won’t forget those moments.

Q How would you pitch to a new candidate who is thinking

about being a Duffy Role Model?

A If you are looking to contribute towards a worthy cause, you

can’t look past Duffy Books. Reading is a fundamental skill in life that most people take for granted. The look I saw when these children saw their books was one of pure happiness.

Q How do you see the programme benefiting the

next generation of our country?

A It is important that we are part of a country where we want

to give back to society. Whether that is through Duffy Books or other initiatives, people can do incredible things. We have the ability to make a difference in each other’s lives and it is our individual responsibility to ensure that we contribute to this in one way or another. A programme like Duffy Books can inspire an entire generation to not only read but to dream. As clichéd as that might sound, no child should have that taken away from them.

Olympian swaps stick for books Pippa HaywardDUFFY ROLE MODEL

Our first day of Role Model assemblies for Term 1 kicked off with a bang as we arranged a special surprise for Hapuku

School and Kaikoura Primary School – our two Duffy Kaikoura schools. A long-time supporter of the programme and double Olympic Champion, Mahe Drysdale packed his bags and headed south to surprise and inspire our Duffy kids after the hard-hitting December earthquake.

Mahe was joined by Hayden Weal, also a Duffy Role Model with a background in the film industry. Both Mahe and Hayden had a great trip saying it really opened up their eyes to how life has been since the devastating earthquake.

Kaikoura Primary principal Nigel Easson said the students have been tired since the earthquake, but were excited about their special guest.

Champion rower brings love of books to Kaikoura

‘Turn it up for Duffy Books’

competition!1 Goosebumps : A Nightmare on Clown Street

2 Batman: Big City Battle

3 Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-A-Lot

4 Lego City : All Aboard!

5 Ballet Backflip

6 The Avengers : The Kree Skull War

7 Lego Star Wars : A New Hope

8 Owl Diaries : Eva’s Treetop Festival

9 EJ Spy School : The Big Jump

I Spy An Apple10

Book Offer One 2017Top 10 Books

Duffy’s Diary 5 JUNE – Queen’s Birthday

12 JUNE – 16 JUNE – Schools and Sponsors

get in touch week

30 JUNE – Book Offer 2 books and labels arrive

3 JULY – 7 JULY – Government Book Week

7 JULY – Term Two ends

24 JULY – Term Three starts

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“The earthquake left some students lacking confidence and energy. We are so grateful to be a Duffy school and we hope Mahe’s visit will be the

push the students have needed to be inspired to regain confidence”.

SPECIAL THANKS TO THE TEAM AT ROCKSHOP

Our sponsors are special to us, and we know our Duffy schools are great singers! We experience it at every Duffy Role Model

assembly. Thanks to our good friends at The Rock Shop we’re really making a song and dance about our sponsors in 2017.

Here’s your chance to acknowledge your awesome sponsors, show off your singing talents to the world and

win your school the ultimate prize!

It could be a class, your school choir, the staff or even better still YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL!! Just record and send us a video of your

song for your sponsor! Any song, you decide!

In the intro to your video, introduce your school and who your wonderful sponsors are! Make sure we can see a sign of your

sponsors names and of ‘The Rock Shop’ throughout the video.

Don’t forget to post it up on your schools Facebook page and get your friends and family to like and share it!

So warm up those vocal chords, select a song and start rehearsing!

Final date to submit your videos is Thursday June 8th 2017 with the winners announced on Wednesday June 14th 2017

SING TO WINA PORTABLE KEYBOARD & AN

ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!!

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• A1 Homes • Agility Logistics Limited • AJ & Dr SM Wakefield • Alan & Karen Wilkinson • AlexanderDorrington Lawyers • Alterno Foundation • Amanda & Carl Millar • Andrew & Elizabeth Dunningham • Archetype Allen & Unwin • Aspec Properties Ltd • Auckland Fork Truck Hire • Auckland Grammar School • Bell Transport Ltd • Bert and Diana Queenin • Bev McConnell • BHT • C & A PC Services Ltd • C. Alma Baker Trust • Chemcouriers Auckland • Chemcouriers Hamilton • Christine Brook • Clayton & Hayes Unichem Pharmacy Ltd. • Craig Wadsworth and Shannon Austin • Crawshaw-McLean Whanau • Curtis Family • Dahuti International Ltd • Daily Freight Auckland • Daily Freight Christchurch • Daily Freight Wellington • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa • Daniel Grassam • Deborah & Ross George • Deborah Somner • Dennis Page • Dianne Stokes • Dick & Mary Earle • Dominion Constructors Ltd • Don & Rosemary Andrew • Dr John Dunn • Dunholme Book Club • Eastern & Central Community Trust • Elizabeth Chapman • Fast Enterprises • Felicity Champion and Friends • Fisher Funds • Forsyth Barr • Four Winds Foundation • Frances Holden • Frankie & Phil Letford • Friends of the Taupo Public Library Charitable Trust • Frimley Foundation • Frucor Beverages Ltd. • Gallagher • Genesis Energy • Golden Bay Cement • Goodman Property Services (NZ) Ltd. • Guy Malthus • Hamish & Abby Foote • Hamish Morrison • Hamish Quinn and Sacha Hyde • Heather Owens & Nancie Plested • Humphry Rolleston • Imerys Tableware New Zealand Limited • Ingleby NZLP • J N Williams Memorial Trust • Jenny Gibbs & Family • Jill Kitchen • John & Eleanor Gibb • John and Toni Bell - Bee Smart Spraying • John Foulkes • John Roseveare and Kerry Scott • Judi Billcliff & Les Billcliff • Kate Howard • Kate Yoxall • Katie Kempthorne Naturopathy • Kelliher Charitable Trust • King Country Energy • KLC Limited • KPMG • Kylie Jones Memorial • Latitude Financial • Lesley Nesbit • Libby & Mike Limbrick • Lindsay & Bill Holmes • Lions Club of Picton • Lizzie Coote • Lodge Frimley 359 & Hastings District Masonic Trust • Lois Newton • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Auckland • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Auckland Airfreight • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Christchurch • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Dunedin • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Napier • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Tauranga • Mainfreight Air and Ocean Wellington • Mainfreight Auckland • Mainfreight Christchurch • Mainfreight FTL North Island • Mainfreight Gisborne • Mainfreight Hamilton • Mainfreight Kaitaia • Mainfreight Limited - Auckland • Mainfreight Limited - Christchurch • Mainfreight Limited - Invercargill • Mainfreight Metro • Mainfreight Napier • Mainfreight New Plymouth • Mainfreight Rotorua • Mainfreight Timaru • Mainfreight Wellington • Mainfreight Whangarei • Maka-Kea Family • Malcolm & Gill Don • Margaret Johnstone • Marist Catholic School Herne Bay • Mark & Amy Ryburn • Matt Duffie • Methanex New Zealand Limited • Mike Garrett • Moore Wilson & Co Ltd. • Mowbray

Role Model Assemblies

SPONSORS

The 2017 year got off to a great start at the end of Term One as 168,816 books were given out across the country to our 84,408 Duffy kids.

An amazingly talented

and inspiring group of

69 role models were sent

out during the last three

weeks of Term One to share

their stories and give out

brand new books.

Hayden Weal at Oceanview Heights. Sponsor - Mainfreight TimaruMax Apse at Rata St School.

Sponsor - Rotary Clubs of Eastern Hutt & Hutt Valley

Raven Addei at Wesley Primary School. Sponsor - Senate SHJ Auckland.

Richard Lambeth at Glenavon School.

Sponsor - Warehouse Stationery New Lynn.

Steph McKenzie at St Mary’s, Whanganui.Sponsor needed

Filipe Manu and Madison Nonoa at St John the Evangelist (Otara).

Sponsor - Warehouse Stationery Albany.

Daniel Faitaua at Bairds Mainfreight.

Sponsor - Mainfreight Auckland.

• Charles Ropitini, Opera Singer • Katherine Camp, Athlete • Stephanie McKenzie, Cyclist • Ngahiriwa Rauhina, Actor • Hayden Weal, Actor/ Producer • Sophie Corbidge, Tri-athlete • Honey Hireme, Black Fern • Chris Lam Sam, Entertainer • Ray Bishop, Musician • Paddy McInnes, Rower • Shelley Ryan, Motivational Speaker • Tim Tipene, Author • Sharon Holt, Author • Keith Tonkin, Writer/Adventurer • Kyle Mewburn, Author • Joanne Guy, Author • Maxwell Apse, Actor • Mary Kippenberger & Peter Charlton-Jones, Storytellers • Diana Queenin, Educator • Mark Laurent and Brenda Liddiard, Folk Musicians • Mahe Drysdale, Rower • Maria Gill, Author • Emily Cooper, 1 News Reporter • Kaitlin Ruddock, 1 News Reporter • Nathan Gray, Author/Journalist • Sye Paenga, Actor • Tamara Star, Storyteller • Linda Vagana, Former Silver Fern • Regina Sheck, Former Black Fern • Stacey Waaka, Black Fern • Fifi Colston, Illustrator/Designer • Myron Simpson, Former Cyclist • Katherine McIndoe, Opera Singer • Brodie Kane, Breakfast TV Presenter • Bryan Ward, NZ Police • Daniel Faitaua, Breakfast Presenter • Dimitrius Laurenson, NZ Police • Filipe Manu, Opera Singer • Henry ‘The Rock’ Tuipe’a, THE CHAMP • Irasa Siave, Actress • Janelle Pownceby, NZ Police • Jasmine Pereira, NZ Women’s Soccer Rep • Joe Hunter, NZ Athletics Coach • John Pulu, Tagata Pasefika Presenter • Joseph Fa’afiu, Community Leader • Judi Billcliff, Writer • Leilani Momoisea, Journalist/Reporter • Luke Claasen, Lawyer • Michel Mulipola, Comic Book Artist/Pro Wrestler • Mike Van de Elsen, TV Chef • Moana Tapaleao, Journalist/Reporter • Moeata Keil Moore, Uni Lecturer • Nicole Whippy, Actress • Peter Fa’afiu, Business Guru • Peter Veukiso, Business Guru • Pippa Hayward, NZ Black sticks/Lawyer • Raven Addei, Mai FM DJ • Reina Vaai, Lawyer • Richard Lambeth, Actor • Robert Rakete, The Breeze Radio DJ • Susana Guttenbeil, Journalist/Reporter • Taylah Hodson-Tomokino, Sky TV Sports Presenter • Wepiha Te Kanawa, Maori TV Reporter • Yvonna Tahana, TVNZ Reporter • Madison Nonoa, Opera Singer

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ROLE MODELS

Family • Mrs Mary Williamson • Myron Simpson • Nikki Geeson • Nova Energy • NZ Bakels Ltd. • Oji Fibre Solutions • Onetaunga Trust • Owens Christchurch • Owens Metro • Owens Metro Owner Drivers • Owens Tankers • Owens Transport • Penguin Random House NZ Ltd • PwC Foundation • Rachel McKenzie • Ravensdown Awatoto • Relocations International - Brooke Coaching • Rickshaw Eddy’s • Rose’s Book Club • Rotary Club of Avonhead • Rotary Club of Eastern Hutt • Rotary Club of Ellerslie Sunrise • Rotary Club of Havelock North • Rotary Club of Hutt Valley • Rotary Club of Maungaturoto • Rotary Club of Otaki • Rotary Club of Pakuranga • Rotary Club of Parnell • Rotary Club of Port Nicholson • Rotary Club of Remuera • Rotary Club of Somerville • Rotary Club of Tauranga • Rotary Club of Wanganui • Rotary Club of Wanganui North • RPL Accountants - Tony Caughley • RSB Investments • Sandfield Information Systems • Scholastic NZ Limited • Scholastic NZ Limited (Wellington) • Senate SHJ • Spicers • St James Anglican Church, Kerikeri • Stephanie Edwards • Steve Buikhuizen • Tait Electronics • Te Kura Maori o Nga Tapuwae • Te Kuta Station • Te Uranga B2 Incorporation & Taringamotu Otamakahi Trust • Team Taylor • Terry Jarvis • The Boyd Clarke Foundation • The Carson Family • The David Levene Charitable Trust • The Donald Family • The Harnett Family • The Herdson Laing Family • The Jack Jeffs Charitable Trust • The Jones Family • The Koea Family • The Lion Foundation • The Lions Club of Bucklands Beach • The Mowbray Family • The Nash Family • The Nicholls Family • The Scott Family • The Smith Family • The Sproule Family • The Students of King’s College • The Sue Freitag and Barry Dent Charitable Trust • The Warehouse - Airport • The Warehouse - Clendon • The Warehouse - Lincoln Rd • The Warehouse - Mt Roskill • The Warehouse - New Lynn • The Warehouse - Royal Oak • The Warehouse - Takanini • The Warehouse - West City • The Warehouse - Westgate • The Warehouse (Sistema Promotion) • The Warehouse Group • The Warehouse Logistics Team • TheOneRing.net • Tosswell Grumley • TR Group • Tracey Bridges • Tracey-Lee Pettifer & Jonathan Clarke • Tuumuliga & Maria Vagana • Urenui & District Lions Club • Walker & Hall - Newmarket • Warehouse Stationery • Warehouse Stationery - Albany • Warehouse Stationery - Auckland City • Warehouse Stationery - Henderson • Warehouse Stationery - Kerikeri • Warehouse Stationery - Lincoln Road • Warehouse Stationery - New Lynn • Warehouse Stationery - Newmarket • Warehouse Stationery - Silverdale • Warehouse Stationery - St Lukes • Warehouse Stationery - Wairau Park • Warehouse Stationery - Warkworth • Warehouse Stationery - Westgate • Warehouse Stationery - Whangarei • Winstone Pulp International Ltd. • Yarrow South Charitable Trust • Year 9 Students of St Cuthbert’s College • Z Energy Limited • Zonta Club of Whangarei

Robert Rakete at Ruapotaka School. Sponsor - Terry Jarvis

Pippa Hayward at St Mary’s School Avondale. Sponsor - Warehouse Stationery Lincoln Road.

Honey Hireme at Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere.

Nicole Whippy at Waterview Primary.

Sponsor - Mainfreight Air & Ocean

Joseph Fa’afiu at Kereru Park Campus. Sponsor - The Warehouse (Sistema promotion)

DUFFY THEATRE We caught up with the red Duffy Theatre team to learn more about them. Check out what they had to say!

Q What place have you enjoyed visiting the most on tour in term 1?

What place have you enjoyed visiting

the most on tour in Term 1?

Dunedin!

Biggest difference from first week of tour to

last week in Term 1?

The changing of the show, by the end we felt really settled as a group

and a show.

Biggest difference from first week of tour to

last week in Term 1?

I was definitely tired by the end of week 10 compared to week 1! Instinctively acting and

adapting during a show to bring the kids back or regain their attention.Jess

Tavita

Biggest challenge so far?

Not getting to stay in places long enough to explore them properly, I feel like we try

to see everything but are missing out on so many beautiful places and

attractions.

Biggest challenge so far?

Getting used to tour life and changing places often, wish we could stay longer to check out all of the beautiful sites we

pass through.

Biggest difference from first week of tour to

last week in Term 1?

Taking ownership of the show, some small tweaks along the way have made it feel like

our own which we love! Also learning to read the energy of the audience and

adapting to it.

What place have you enjoyed visiting the most

on tour in Term 1?

Passing through Queenstown traveling from Haast to Lumsden and

wishing we could stay there!

What part of the show do you enjoy doing the most?

I really love the introduction of the show as well as introducing Millicent, the kids love

her and her outfit.

What part of the show do you enjoy doing the most?

Teaching Millicent to read is a real highlight for me and it hits home the

literacy message in the show.

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What part of the show do you enjoy doing the most?

The experiment in the show really captures the kids as does the introduction

of Zanezelda in her awesome costume. Wanda always gets some

good attention too!

SPONSOR SCHOOLAgility Logistics Limited .................................................Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o OtepotiAlterno Foundation ............................................................Mountview School (Taupo)Four Winds Foundation ...................................................Cosgrove SchoolFrimley Foundation ............................................................Mohaka SchoolFrimley Foundation ............................................................Hastings Central SchoolFrimley Foundation ............................................................Nuhaka School J N Williams Memorial Trust ........................................Tikitiki SchoolJ N Williams Memorial Trust ........................................Te Waha o Rerekohu Area SchoolLions Club of Picton ...........................................................Picton SchoolMainfreight Limited - Auckland ...............................Ahipara SchoolMainfreight Limited - Auckland ...............................Kaikohe Christian SchoolMainfreight Limited - Auckland ...............................Kaikohe Intermediate SchoolMainfreight Limited - Auckland ...............................Kaitaia IntermediateMainfreight Limited - Auckland ...............................Kaitaia Primary SchoolScholastic New Zealand Limited ..............................Rowley Avenue SchoolThe Lions Club of Buckland’s Beach ......................Mt Richmond Special School The Warehouse Group ....................................................Chapel Downs SchoolThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Kereru Park CampusThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Manurewa Central SchoolThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate SchoolThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Southern Cross Campus - Junior SchoolThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Sutton Park PrimaryThe Warehouse Group ....................................................Weymouth Primary SchoolThe Warehouse - Takanini .............................................Kelvin Road SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Albany ................................St John The Evangelist Catholic SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Auckland City ..............Bailey Road SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Henderson .....................St Leonards Road SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Kerikeri ..............................Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarere - KerikeriWarehouse Stationery - Lincoln Road .................St Mary's School (Avondale)Warehouse Stationery - New Lynn ........................Glenavon SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Newmarket ....................Pt England SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Silverdale .........................Nga Iwi SchoolWarehouse Stationery - St Lukes ............................Kelston IntermediateWarehouse Stationery - Wairau Park ...................Beach Haven SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Warkworth .....................St Joseph’s School (Otahuhu)Warehouse Stationery - Westgate ..........................Holy Cross SchoolWarehouse Stationery - Whangarei ......................Hora Hora School (Whangarei)

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EMILY

What place have you enjoyed visiting the most on

tour in Term 1?

Ross on the West Coast. We stayed on after the show and planted trees with

the students which was awesome.

Biggest challenge so far?

Changing places often. Many places we are only staying for one night and it becomes hard to settle into a room

when you are living out of a bag!

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Thank you...

The Warehouse are one of our strongest regional partners across New Zealand and earlier this year joined forces with household brand name Sistema in a fundraising campaign

for Duffy Books in Homes.

Many thanks to The Warehouse and Sistema! $56,835 was raised, $16,000 of this went to supporting the Duffy Theatre with the remainder of the funds

towards books. We are super thankful to all who purchased a Sistema product during the campaign – your support will allow us to gift up to

15,000 brand new books nationwide.

$56,835 Towards approx. 15,000 books

& the Duffy Theatre road show

Donations can be sent to: Duffy Books in Homes, PO Box 132146, Sylvia Park, Auckland 1644. Phone 09-259 5690

The Sue Freitag and Barry Dent

Charitable Trust

The Duffy Books in Homes newsletter is published by The Alan Duff Charitable Foundation, PO Box 132146, Sylvia Park, Auckland 1644, New Zealand.All material in ‘Read About It!’ can be reprinted provided the source is acknowledged.

Remember, you can now donate online at www.booksinhomes.org.nz

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Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters

Thank you to all our major sponsors

It costs approximately $50 per annum to provide each child in a Duffy school with all the services the Duffy Books in Homes programme offers. ANY contribution is gratefully accepted.

From Taurus at Irongate Primary

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