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An Evaluation of the CAS Pilot Project 2006-2007

In 2005, the MOE and the NZQA began a pilot programme to trial the use of the latest generation of calculators which included Computer Algebraic Systems…

Lessons from the Workplace Project

The Government established the Work-Life Balance Project in 2003 to develop “an integrated and coordinated policy programme to promote a better balance between paid work and…

Contemporary Mediation Practice - Celebrating 100 Years of Employment Mediation

Two public sector agencies have joined in a ground-breaking initiative to allow them to mediate issues together. A number of matters fall within the jurisdiction of…

Migration Trend 2006/07

This report is the seventh in a series produced annually to provide information about trends in temporary and permanent migration to New Zealand.  This report provides…

Current Trends, Process and Practice in Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The growth of mediation over the last 20 years has promulgated quantities of literature both pragmatic and theoretical as practitioners and academics have grappled with the…

Successful Home-School Partnerships

This report describes the findings of a research project designed to improve understanding of the key elements of successful  home–school partnerships and how they operate in…

The Employment and Retirement Transitions of New Zealanders Aged in their 60s: Evidence from LEED

This study describes the employment patterns and work-to-retirement transitions of New Zealanders who were who were born between 1 April 1936 and 31 March 1940 and…

Why are there so many short jobs in LEED? An analysis of job tenure using LEED

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the use of earnings spells in LEED as a measure of job tenure. The paper was motivated…

The Skills-Productivity Nexus: Connecting Industry Training and Business Performance

The Industry Training Federation (ITF) and the Department of Labour (DoL) have embarked on a joint venture aimed at improving the ability of Industry Training Organisations…

Health Outcomes in Former New Zealand Timber Workers Exposed To Pentachlorophenal (PCP)

Concerns remain about chronic health problems experienced by former timber workers who were exposed to pentachlorophenol (PCP) when it was used as an anti-sapstain fungicide treatment…