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Ethnicity and crowding: A detailed examination of crowding among ethnic groups in New Zealand 1986–2006

Ethnicity and crowding: A detailed examination of crowding among ethnic groups in New Zealand 1986–2006 looks at the rates of crowding experienced by different ethnic groups…

Transforming the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings: Issues, options, and strategy

Transforming the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings presents the issues on the development of a strategic direction and timeline for the transformation of the…

Childcare use and work arrangements in 1998 and 2009

Childcare use and work arrangements in 1998 and 2009 compares the findings of the New Zealand Childcare Survey 2009 with those of the New Zealand Childcare…

Telling a child’s story: creating a words and pictures story book to tell children why they are in care

Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 13-20. Open Home Foundation, an organisation that works with children and young people in care uses a story book approach…

Finding the best way to work with children and young people: Good engagement and giving them a voice

Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 6-12. Frontline Child, Youth and Family social workers discuss the meaning and reality of engagement with young people. This key…

Listening to experts: Children and young people’s participation

Social Work Now, Issue 49, pages 30-39. Social workers who want their practice to be more child centred must learn to find new and better ways to listen…

How prepared are New Zealanders for a natural disaster? Results from the 2010 General Social Survey

This report outlines preparations New Zealand households have made for a natural disaster, using information from the 2010 New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS). It follows…

Finding the crowding index that works best for New Zealand: Applying different crowding indexes to Census of Population and Dwellings data for 1986–2006 (Stats NZ WP 11-04)

This study aimed to determine which household crowding measure worked best in the New Zealand context. The issue of crowded households has concerned researchers in New…

Engaging Young Pacific Workers

Young Pacific people are a growing proportion of the New Zealand  workforce but very little is known about what helps them contribute fully at work. This…

Parents as First Teachers Evaluation

Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) is a low-intensity home visitation programme for parents with children pre-birth through to three years of age. In New Zealand, it…