The most recent OECD Programme for International Students assessment showed a marked decline in reading for pleasure. Alarmingly it discovered that half of New Zealand's 15-year-olds have never read for enjoyment. Helping to create a 'nation of readers' is the job of New Zealand's first Reading Ambassador - a new role that is being created, with award-winning children's writer, Kate De Goldi. a member of the organising panel. Lynn Freeman asks Kate what resources she's being given to achieve these goals.