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Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu) - closed 30 June 2018

Website: Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit: Superu

Publications from Superu remain on The Hub website, managed by the Social Wellbeing Agency | Toi Hau Tangata from March 2020 (formerly called the Social Investment Agency)

Journeys of resilience: From adverse childhoods to achieving adulthood

At the request of the Minister for Social Development, Superu commissioned research on the importance of resilience in helping children and adults respond to adversity. Our…

Growing up in New Zealand: Now we are 4

These reports are part of the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study and were prepared by the University of Auckland. They focus on the children from the…

Evaluation case study: Barnardos Whangarei in-home parent mentor programme

This case study details the outcomes evaluation undertaken with Barnardos in Whangarei on its in-home parenting programme. The evaluation focused on how well the programme met its…

Evaluation case study: A process evaluation of the children's mentoring programme at Pillars Christchurch

This case study explains the process evaluation undertaken with Pillars in Christchurch on their mentoring programme for children with a caregiver in prison. The purpose was…

Getting your organisation ready to do evaluations

This user-friendly step-by-step guide will help organisations become more evaluation focussed in a structured and systematic way. This tool has been trialled with a number of…

Evidence to Action conference

Superu’s annual conference, Evidence to Action, was held on 30 July 2015, 15 April 2016 and 19 June 2017.  The aim of the event was to share knowledge and…

At A Glance: Expressions of whanau

This At A Glance provides an overview of the model of relational whakapapa whanau, developed as part of our analysis of data from the first Maori…

Subjective whānau wellbeing in Te Kupenga

These reports address a substantial gap in the quantitative evidence base about whānau wellbeing. They are also the first to undertake a detailed analysis of self-assessed whānau wellbeing…

Evidence rating scale

Good intentions for social policies, programmes, services and practices are not always enough. Decision-makers need quality evidence to know whether the programmes or services and they…

Off-benefit transitions

The research looked at 140,000 people who moved off a benefit from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. This period was chosen because it allowed…