264 results in multiple government agencies
Last Publication Date: 1 Feb 2012
The Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) is a points-based policy that allows people who have the ability to contribute to New Zealand economically and socially to gain…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2012
The monthly release of New Zealand’s permanent and long term migration figures typically attracts intense public interest – the focus usually being on the flow of…
The purpose of the Longitudinal Immigration Survey: New Zealand (LisNZ) is to provide reliable, authoritative data on the settlement experiences of migrants in their first 3…
Last Publication Date: 1 Dec 2011
This report summarises the key findings of a survey of Canterbury employers run by the Department of Labour in September-October 2011. The survey was designed to…
Last Publication Date: 1 Aug 2011
This paper analyses the impacts of the 2008 policy reform which replaced the youth minimum wage for 16-17 year-old workers, previously set at 80% of the…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jul 2011
This study sought to understand more about how literacy, language, and numeracy (LLN) skills gained in workplace literacy and numeracy courses are developed, utilised, and transferred…
Below you find the following fact sheets from the Perceptions of Immigration Policy and Immigration New Zealand Community Surveys Perceptions of Immigration Policy and Immigration New…
Last Publication Date: 1 May 2011
The aim of this study was to compare skilled migration policies in New Zealand and Australia from 2004/05 to 2008/09, including employment outcomes for primary/principal applicants…
The Bhutanese Refugee Resettlement Research is following a group of Bhutanese refugees from camps in Nepal through to settlement in New Zealand.The research involves three phases…
Last Publication Date: 1 Apr 2011
This study is part of a wider Department of Labour research programme entitled Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community and Identity. This multi-year…