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Great resources with really indepth questions and activities.
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Karen Houghton
1/09/2023
Love the resources. My students also enjoy using them.
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Fiona Mair
1/16/2025
Absolutely love the new site. Easy to navigate, well thought out in regards to year levels, content and subjects. Love, love, love it. Ngā mihi
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Melanie Crocker
8/20/2024
Love the resources Hinemoa has at Top Teaching Tasks. They are not only fun and engaging activities, but they are also purposeful. No “busy work” here! My students have thoroughly enjoyed all of the Top Teaching Tasks resources we have used, and I love how much time it’s saved me. Thank you Hinemoa.
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Chelsea Donaldson
1/07/2022
I have never experienced customer service this awesome before I just over paid my subscription and emailed my concern s and got an instant response Wow, Wow, Wow I am impressed!!! But my love for Top Teaching Tasks doesn't stop there. Their resources on point and relevant to NZ teaching, they align perfectly to the curriculum and there are so so many options too! Save you time and you sanity and let Top Teaching Tasks become a go to in your planning. I am so glad I did.
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Jo Bock
6/22/2025
Top Teaching Tasks or TTT as we use in our planning at my school, has been a game changer in terms of relevant, up-to-date Aotearoa resources. We are always amazed at how many incredible digital and paper resources there are on here. They are constantly being updated and added to all the time. Our students love learning through these, my team and I love how easy they are to use, how detailed and linked to our NZ Curriculum they are. And the new Structured Literacy learning is incredible. Hinemoa has her finger on the pulse of Education and the changes that are happening all the time. This is an annual subscription my team and I will continue into the future. Thank you.
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Alannah Lupe-Houben
4/30/2024
Top Teaching Tasks is such an awesome website. Lots of activities and fun activities. It is easy too help out wonderful students with their learning. I highly reccomend this website to everyone to use.
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Leanne Allen
5/18/2024
Love this resource. They go above and beyond to support you. Totally recommend you subscribe. You will not regret it.
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Michelle Adams
8/19/2024
I am thrilled to be a member of Top Teaching Tasks. The resources are effective, highly engaging, thorough and creative. I feel like I have got my weekends back! Highly recommend.
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Sarah Smithe
7/31/2022
Awesome resources - tailored to year levels. Makes planning manageable and tailored to students’ needs. Relevant and current.
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Tineke Dippenaar
8/03/2022
If you have to purchase one subscription for teaching, choose this! There are so many resources that have made my life so much easier and the quality of the resources are superb.
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Michelle Hudgell
8/02/2022
The work that is done behind the scenes to make these resources must be phenomenal! I am so very grateful to have a membership to Top Teaching Tasks and be able to utilise their well-prepared & presented resources in my own classroom. It truly has saved me many hours of thinking, planning, & creating creatively presented resources. Mālō 'aupito/thank you very much.
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Lisa Alofi
3/21/2023
Kia Ora Koutou,
Just wanted to reach out and tell you how much my year 7 class is enjoying season one of the Aotearoa History podcast this year. It's a favourite part of our week. I hear from parents that students are talking about what we're listening to at home.
I love hearing them link past learning with current episodes and how some of them have gone on to reading more about certain events. This morning we listened to the episode about World War 2. I was so impressed to hear a group of boys talking about Michael Joseph Savage and remembering that he was the PM who introduced benefits and was a PM who looked after the common people.

At my school we always do the PAT Listening Comprehension test at the start of the year, but never do anything with the results. This year I decided that listening skills really need to be developed and that taking notes from listening is a key skill my learners need to learn. I'm so glad I stumbled across this podcast series and your resource to go with it!

I intend to continue with season 2, but I'll listen to the episodes before hand and decide whether my students are mature enough to cope with the content.

Have a fabulous weekend and I love your work!
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Julz Jameson
6/22/2025
The support I have had in setting up the programme had its minor issues, after much forward and backward guidance from Hinemoa, and I thank her sincerely. I am now on track
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Nehu Gage
5/04/2023
The work that is done behind the scenes to make these resources must be phenomenal! I am so very grateful to have a membership to Top Teaching Tasks and be able to utilise their well-prepared & presented resources in my own classroom. It truly has saved me many hours of thinking, planning, & creating creatively presented resources. Mālō 'aupito/thank you very much.
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Lisa Alofi
3/21/2023
I absolutely love these resources. There are always new ones arriving. AND if you ask for a resource or a collection or some help, she's onto it. Very grateful.
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Sharon Brown
5/19/2024
Absolutely love the new site. Easy to navigate, well thought out in regards to year levels, content and subjects. Love, love, love it. Ngā mihi
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Melanie Marsden
8/12/2024
User-friendly material.
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Shalini Saxena
5/22/2025
I teach in the United States, and many of her resources are universal, useful, and fun for students. I especially like the "getting to know you" puzzles. A creative way for students to create a puzzle, and a way for everyone in class to learn something about each other. Great introductory activity!
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Kristin VarnHagen
1/24/2023
I have found the Top Teaching Tasks resources to be very thorough and engaging for my students. I found the digital resources very useful during the most recent lockdown - such timesavers! I love the school journal resources, too.
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Georgie Lali
1/11/2022
Amazing resources and so helpful. Will help create new resources and offer advice. Thank you.
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Claire Garnett
6/23/2023
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Lisa Alofi
4/15/2023
Fantastic up to date resources for NZ Schools. Options available for hard copy worksheets, slides and downloads.
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Timena Muna
4/22/2025
I love this resource! It has saved me hours of extra planning time with follow up tasks. I love the range of New Zealand resources we can use, especially with Aotearoa New Zealand histories curriculum coming in next year. The kids love doing them too 🙂
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Sarah Bowmar
11/17/2022
Top Teaching Tasks have saved me so much time and stress. High quality resources, well presented. Love it!
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Heather Mackenzie
8/02/2022
Brilliant resources that engage students and allows them to monitor their learning success. The resources give the students lots of choice as well as many, many opportunities to work collaboratively. I treasure my membership, can not recommend highly enough!
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Wendy Sheridan-Smith
10/10/2022
Love the resources Hinemoa has at Top Teaching Tasks. They are not only fun and engaging activities, but they are also purposeful. No “busy work” here! My students have thoroughly enjoyed all of the Top Teaching Tasks resources we have used, and I love how much time it’s saved me. Thank you Hinemoa.
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Chelsea Donaldson
1/05/2022
Great quality teaching and learning resources that really engage learners and provide opportunities for explicit and integrated practice. The Reading Membership offers huge value.
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Kate Friedwald
2/07/2022
Outstanding and quality resources, linked to the NZ curriculum. This is the only resource that I pay for and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to others. It's my 'go-to', particularly when searching for literacy ideas. Highly recommend to others and I will be continuing to subscribe. Keep up the fantastic mahi TTT!
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Rachel O'Connell
5/01/2026
I have been using the resources from Top Teaching Tasks for years now with students across the primary curriculum levels. They are always engaged with the content and I see real learning happening. I have found the resources to be levelled accurately and because of this I went on to purchase the Reading Membership to help reduce my planning time. I knew I could trust that what was outlined in the overviews of each resource, in relation to skills and content, was going to help my students move forward with their learning intentions.
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Raewyn Harrison
8/03/2022