Why Adult Literacy and Numeracy Levels are Declining in New Zealand – And What About the Effects of COVID 19?

Why Adult Literacy and Numeracy Levels are Declining in New Zealand. LN levels have been on the decline for possibly 20 years or more in NZ. Why do we have this problem with low adult literacy and numeracy? In other words, how did we get here? What are the main kaupapa contributing to this? What about the effects of COVID-19?