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Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students

This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…

The Effects of In-School and In-Tertiary Employment on Academic Achievement and Labour Market Transitions: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study

Work for pay by students could have both negative and positive effects on their lives. The most commonly cited detrimental effects relate to both the quality…

Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: a stock-take of current practice

This is a stock-take of 100 of New Zealand’s largest employers, identifying the frequency and quality of workplace reporting practices in their annual reports around 2004.…

Evaluation of Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Mātauranga (KAWM)

Kaupapa Ara Whakawhiti Mätauranga (KAWM) encompassed a number of school improvement initiatives and aimed to: improve student achievement; improve school performance; strengthen school and community relationships;…

Measuring the Economic Impact of Immigration: A Scoping Paper

Immigration is a complex phenomenon that affects New Zealand in many different ways. This report is concerned with measurement of economic aspects of the impact of…

Working Holidaymakers in New Zealand

This research was carried out by the Department of Labour’s Immigration Service as part of our work in responding to a Cabinet decision in November 2003…

The future of work within households: Understanding household-level changes in the distribution of hours of paid work

In New Zealand, the weekly paid hours worked by individuals have generally not been considered in the context of hours of paid work of other adults…

Aspirations of rurally disadvantaged Maori youth for their transition from secondary school to further education or training and work

“He tini whetu ki te rangi, ko Ngati Maru ki raro He tini ika ki te moana, ko Ngati Maru ki uta”                                                                                                           .(Ngati Maru pepeha)…

The Impact of Employment Experiences and Benefit-Spell Duration on Benefit-to-Work Transitions

This paper uses an experimental dataset under development at Statistics New Zealand, the Linked Employer-Employee Database (LEED), to examine labour market outcomes for individuals previously receiving…

NZ Accommodation Providers & ICT: Impacts on Labour Use & Demand

Domestic and international tourism in New Zealand has grown significantly in the past decade and shows every sign of continuing to do so. A vital component…