6-9 July 2008
Kingsgate Hotel Hamilton
Join us for the 2008 New Zealand Reading Association Conference
Keynote speakers include:
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Michele Anstey |
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Russell Bishop |
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Linda Gambrell |
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| Peter Johnston Professor at the State University of New York, Albany |
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| John Marsden Australian Author |
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| Tanya Batt Tanya will be entertaining us during the Conference opening |
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Workshops and Research Presentations
- Contact Wendy Carss at wcarss@waikato.ac.nz for further information.
Social Events
* Monday evening
Join an author/illustrator at an iconic Waikato venue for a cafe meal.We would like to provide you with an opportunity to meet and listen to one of the five invited authors and illustrators who will be located in various venues in and around Hamilton.
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At Willow Glen Robyn Belton - illustrator of the well loved Greedy Cat books
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At Canvas Mark Carthew - one of Australia's vibrant children's book authors
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At the Stadium Vince Ford - author of popular novels such as Boyznbikes and Possums2u.
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At the Creamery Jenny Hessell - of Grandma McGarvey fame
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Also at the Creamery Alison Robertson - author of Knocked for Six and Finding Isabella. Sorry, this session at the Creamery with Jenny and Alison is now full.
Transport will be provided from the hotel to the venue of your choice.
The cost for the meal is $50 and this is in addition to the conference fee. Please select your first three choices as you complete the registration form and include the $50 in the total figure at the bottom of the form. We will attempt to allocate your first choice but numbers are limited at some venues.
* Conference Dinner
This will be held at the Kingsgate hotel on the Tuesday evening and the cost is included in the registration fee.
Books for Oceania
Scholastic has once again offered their generous support in providing books for purchase for the Oceania Region. For every book bought from their stands and donated to Oceania Scholastic will donate a book of equivalent value. This year books purchased will be freighted free of charge by Scholastic to Veiuto Primary School in Fiji.
Registration Fees
Before 31 March, 2008
All registrations submitted online prior to this date will be invoiced at the early bird rate.
| NZRA members | $400 |
| Non-members | $430 |
After 31 March, 2008
| NZRA members | $450 |
| Non-members | $480 |
Registration procedure:
- Complete and submit the online registration form
- We will email an invoice to you
- Print this invoice and enclose with payment to:
2008 NZRA Conference
172 Thorncombe Rd.
Te Awamutu
New Zealand
Note: All fees are GST inclusive. Payment must be made in NZ dollars. Receipts will be available in your registration packs on Sunday.
All queries concerning registrations should be emailed to Christine Jeffs at cjeffs@waikato.ac.nz
Registration cancellations will not be accepted unless made in writing/email. Cancellations will be refunded less $100 to cover administration costs up to and including Friday 20 June, 2008. As an alternative to cancellation, your registration may be transferred to another person without incurring any cost penalty. The conference committee must be advised of the transfer in writing/email, including original invoice number and payment by 4 July, 2008.
No cancellations will be refunded after Friday 20 June, 2008.
Accommodation:
Contact the Kingsgate Hotel directly to book your accommodation and ask for the NZRA conference room rate of $130 per night, single or twin share. There is an additional charge of $33.75 for triple rooms.
Address |
100 Garnett Ave., Te Rapa |
| Reservation | +64 9 309 4420 |
| Telephone | +64 7 849 0860 |
| Fax | +64 7 849 0660 |
Thank you to our sponsors
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Bronze
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For queries regarding sponsorship and exhibition space contact Sandra Neil at sneil@hillcrestnormal.school.nz