Are you concerned about high levels of illiteracy amongst adults in New Zealand?

Would you like to help another adult learn to read and write?

By winning this HELP-ME-READ auction you will be donating the full price to LITERACY AOTEAROA PORIRUA / Porirua Language Project.

Your donation will provide 25 hours free professional tuition for an adult to learn to read and write, and you will receive this free gift book for yourself or to give to someone else as a gift.

Thank you for your donation and helping make an important difference in an adult learner’s life. We are a registered non- profit charity helping 150+ adult learners each year for the past 30 years in Porirua. Your gift book will include a donation receipt which can be used for tax purposes and a gift card acknowledging the value and purpose of your donation, and our appreciation. “ Before starting I could not write a sentence, but now I can write a letter to my friend which makes me feel really good and proud of myself”

THE GIFT BOOK YOU WILL HAVE POSTED TO YOU .....

The Beach Highway: The Road to Rangitikei from 1849-1875 Paul Melody

Card covers, as new copy, 234 pages, b/w illst, 18x25cm.

A unique story of hundreds of pioneer settlers and their families who walked along a 100 mile stretch of beach coastline from Wellington to their land claims in Rangitikei. It covers a 25 year period from 1850, after the newly opened district was sold, until 1875.