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Benefit Receipt of Migrants to New Zealand

These reports detail findings from the annual information match between Ministry of Social Development (MSD) benefit and Department of Labour (the Department) immigration data. The purpose…

Housing Markets and Migration: Evidence from New Zealand

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 role of secure attachment as a protective factor for vulnerable infants

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…

Strengthening our engagement with families and understanding practice depth

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…

Working with vulnerable infants

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…

Post-traumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder traits in the child welfare population

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)…

Patterns Of Gendered Skilled And Temporary Migration Into New Zealand

New Zealand has a long history of gendered migration and this has affected the overall gender balance in the population. According to official records there were…

Healthy Family Relationships: A review of the research literature to contribute to the Campaign for Action on Family Violence

This literature review aimed to find evidence of those attitudes and behaviours that promote peaceful and harmonious, rather than violent and highly conflicted, family relationships. The…

Caregivers speak: Understanding the Experiences and Needs of Caregivers

Making sure that caregivers feel valued and supported is essential to ensuring they are able to provide the best possible care and support to enable young…

Report on the SPEaR Best Practice Māori Guidelines Hui 2007

The development of the SPEaR Best Practice Guidelines (Contracting, Ethics, Māori and Pasifika) is a key part of developing the research and evaluation capacity and capability…