Turning pages, changing lives

May 27, 2026

 

 

Literacy remains a debilitating issue for many Kiwi, but there is help – and hope – at hand. 

The Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust (RYALT), a charity based in Port Waikato, one of many Kiwi community groups to receive funding through the Z Energy (Z) Good in the Hood programme, estimates that one in 10 adults and teenagers have difficulty with literacy.