New Zealand Disability Strategy Implementation Review 2001-2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 A review of progress made by central government agencies implementing the New Zealand Disability Strategy (the Disability Strategy) over the period April 2001 to June 2007…
Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 New Zealand’s large and volatile external migration flows generate significant year-to-year fluctuations in the demand for residential housing. This paper uses population data from the 1986,…
The Social Report 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 The Social Report uses a set of statistical indicators to monitor trends across 10 "domains”, or areas of people’s lives. Together these domains provide a picture…
Media Analysis of Family Violence Reporting: January-March 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This January-March 2008 Quarterly Media Analysis is the final in a series of four reports for the Campaign for Action on Family Violence. The Ministry of…
Media Analysis of Family Violence Reporting: October-December 2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This October-December 2007 Quarterly Media Analysis is the second in a series of four reports for the Campaign for Action on Family Violence. The Ministry of…
Children and Young People: Indicators of Wellbeing in New Zealand 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2008 This is the second Children and Young People: Indicators of Wellbeing in New Zealand report which we have produced. Government policy, as well as individuals, families,…
Working with vulnerable infants Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 5-10. Infants are one of the most vulnerable groups of children referred to statutory child welfare systems, a fact research continues…
Post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder traits in the child welfare population Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 29-35. This article focuses on two conditions – post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traits of borderline personality disorder (BPD) –…
Strengthening our engagement with families and understanding practice depth Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 21-28. Statutory child protection work is often viewed as the sharp end of social work practice, located in a turbulent environment…
The role of secure attachment as a protective factor for vulnerable infants Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2007 Social Work Now, Issue 38, pages 11-20. Children begin their lives entirely dependent on adults for survival. Bowlby (1969) believed that attachment behaviour was biological in origin,…
