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Women on boards: Why women on company boards are good for business

This publication looks at evidence showing that women can add a competitive edge to company boards. It was a joint initiative between Business New Zealand, The Institute of…

Why should child welfare and schools focus on minimising placement change as part of permanency planning for children?

Social Work Now, Issue 41, pages 19-27. For every child, education is critical to successful transition to adulthood. The need of foster children for a stable…

Kin care – Understanding the dynamics

Social Work Now, Issue 41, pages 4-11. In Aotearoa New Zealand many children, both Māori and Pākehā, have been taken in by whānau and extended family…

Trading choices. Young people’s career decisions and gender segregation in the trades

Report prepared for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, September 2008.

Connecting Diverse Communities - Report on 2007/2008 Public Engagement

This report summarises the findings of the ‘Connecting Diverse Communities’ public engagement process. This process involved fifteen meetings held throughout New Zealand between August and November…

Diverse Communities - Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand

The Ministry of Social Development's (MSD) Diverse Communities - Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand report brings together existing data and research findings…

Women in enterprise (2008) A report produced by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development, 2008

A report produced by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry of Economic Development, 2008

SPEaR Good Practice Guidelines 2008

The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee (SPEaR) was established by Government in 2001. The SPEaR Terms of Reference included a specific function to promote the…

The 2002 Domestic Purposes and Widow’s Benefit Reform: Evaluation Report

The 2002 Domestic Purposes and Widow’s Benefit reform reshaped the support available to help people receiving these benefits move towards employment and changed the employment-related obligations…

Practicing place: everyday contexts in child and family welfare

Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 29-37. Place, and its corollary, displacement, lie at the centre of child welfare practice. Child neglect, the issue that more…