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Our congratulations go to Richard Taylor & Peter Leitch who became knights in the Queen's Birthday honours list. As a consequence we have updated our Inspiring New Zealander's web page with a "Sir" for each!

The NZ Herald stories can be read by clicking below:


Arise, Sir Mad Butcher


Extra-special prize for special-effects king




 

More media goodies came our way during June which are all featured on our media page but a few of excellent one's worth highlighting are:


Kim Hill interviews Neil Mackay on National Radio
- check out this great radio interview which we have added some visual elements to.


Breakfast TV
interviews Guy Pope-Mayell about the 4D Schools initiative


Employment Today:
Dyslexia at Work



 

 

Neil MacKay spent 3 weeks with us in June delivering 4D workshops to various audiences in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown. Thanks for the great feedback and to all those that travelled to see Neil. Keep us posted on how you are going with those simple 4D changes in the classroom that can make such a difference to the learning experience of our students.


Neil's visit was made possible by:





 

Successful Strategies in Schools - SPELD NZ 2010 Conference, October, Auckland.

Featuring an exciting line-up of internationally renowned speakers and New Zealand experts, the 2010 Conference will give you the latest brain research and new information about learning differences and show you how to help learners with SLD/Dyslexia succeed in the classroom.

Conference details - click here

Speaker profiles - click here

 




 

NZ Police Diplomatic Protection Service raises $12,500 - yes that's right, a Quiz night & Charity auction organised by those Police that serve and protect John Key and other dignitaries raised an incredible $12,500 for the Dyslexia Foundation!
 
DPS Officer Stew Brodie was the key motivator behind the event's success which saw over 100 guests gather at the NZ Rugby Union head offices in Wellington in June. With the help of quiz volunteer and NZRU staffer Juli Clausen, DPS officer Andrew Melville and former DPS member Paul Kitney, the event team worked tirelessly in between extensive work and travel assignments. They were inspired by Stew's story of living with dyslexia during his school years, and early adulthood. A former Police College firearms instructor, Stew has helped his colleagues better understand the difficulties that dyslexia presents particularly for adults. Stew himself was not diagnosed until he was in the police, and since then has embraced it and nurtured the gift, which in his case has seen him become a talented self-taught stone carver in his (not very) spare time!

Auction highlights included a Shona Moller painting; a money-can’t-buy experience on an Air New Zealand B777 flight simulator; a Westpac Stadium corporate box for a Phoenix game; a Panasonic LCD TV from Smith City; and a Weta studio King Kong statue signed by Richard Taylor.

A huge thanks to Shona Moller, Di Conway, Nick Fedaeff, and other artists involved. ALSO, the generous sponsors including: Air New Zealand, Smiths City, Westpac Stadium, Bell Tea and Coffee Company, Dockside restaurant, Pead PR, Gen-i, Telecom, Langham Hotel, Intercontinental Hotel, Hurricanes and Wellington Rugby Football Union, NZRU, Cookie Time, Richard Taylor/Weta, Office of the Prime Minister, Interislander, Villa Maria, Life Pharmacy Queensgate, Wellington Phoenix, The Duxton Hotel, MoJo, James Cook Hotel, Public bar and restaurant, Hertz rental cars, Simillium Pharmacy, Monsoon Poon, Speights Ale House, Simon Woolf Photography, The Dominion Post, Whittakers, and the Royal New Zealand Ballet.


And of course, a special acknowledgement to Stew, Juli, Andy, Paul and the friends and family who gave freely of their time, support and gifts - events like this simply cannot happen without them.






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