We have a selection of books and resources available to borrow and support you on your home educator journey.
Parents and caregivers who want to educate their child at home need to first get approval from their local Ministry of Education office. This website provides parents and whānau with everything you need to know about getting started with home education.
The New Zealand Curriculum Online
This site offers information, resources, news, advice, and guidance, inspiring school stories, practical ideas, research reports, how to get support, and much, much more.
The Literacy Learning Progressions
This is a professional tool for teachers. It describes and illustrates the literacy-related knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students need to draw on in order to meet the reading and writing demands of the New Zealand Curriculum from year 1 to year 10.
New Zealand Curriculum subject materials
The new home for resources, guidance, achievement standards, tools and co-requisites for both Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and The New Zealand Curriculum, to support kaiako, teachers and school leaders.
Down the Back of the Chair
This is the Ministry of Education's online catalogue of teaching and learning resources for schools, kura and ECE. Access to these resources is restricted to Ministry approved education providers only.
Te Kura Distance Education
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is New Zealand’s state distance education provider, offering a wide range of programmes from early childhood through to NCEA Level 3.
National Library Lending service
The National Library's main school lending collection contains more than 500,000 fiction and non-fiction books, carefully selected by their librarians with knowledge of the National Curriculum (The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa) and the best literature to engage children and young adults.
National Library Teaching and learning resources
Explore this page to find free online teaching and learning resources, tools, and guides. Find quality, curated curriculum resources, online schoolwork help for students, exemplars and tools for inquiry, resource guides, and more.