Year 5 classroom teacher Marisa Webster at Three Kings Primary School, Mt Eden, Auckland discusses children's literacy. The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), shows that New Zealand 10 year-olds reading levels have dropped. / Video by Brett Phibbs
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