Through their lens: An inquiry into non parental education and care of infants and toddlers Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2011 This paper reports on an inquiry into the impact being enrolled in formal non-parental early childhood services has on children’s wellbeing and makes recommendations on service…
Achievement in formal tertiary education Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2011 Over the last 10 years, almost a million tertiary education qualifications have been awarded to New Zealanders. One-third of these were bachelors or higher qualifications. This report…
Parent and caregivers perceptions and attitudes towards children's physical activity and physical education: Results of a NZ primary schools physical activity project Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 A pilot physical activity project was trialled in 15 primary schools in Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, with the aim to increase the quality and quantity…
Labour Market Outcomes for Immigrants and the New Zealand-born 1997-2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 In this paper, unit record survey data from the 1997–2009 New Zealand Income Survey (NZIS) is used to examine: how labour market outcomes and returns to human…
Reconviction Rates of Sex Offenders: Five year follow-up study Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2010 The current study is intended to assist the Department of Corrections in meeting its strategic objectives regarding the management and rehabilitation of offenders. It provides straightforward…
Disability Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand - 2010 Convention Coalition Report Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 The aim of the monitoring project is to provide robust information that Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) and government can use to formulate better disability policy. The project…
Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt: Did the messages get through? In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2010 In 2007/08, the Health Sponsorship Council (HSC) launched the Never Let Your Child Get Sunburnt campaign. The campaign targeted parents and caregivers and explained the link…
Issues Paper 04: Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 11 Nov 2010 The Families Commission released a research report and recommendations for improving paid parental leave in 2007 (Families Commission, 2007). Events since that time – particularly the…
Census of Women’s Participation 2010 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 This is the fourth benchmark report written and published by the New Zealand Human Rights Commission. It expands the coverage of women in public and professional…
The right of people with disabilities to be parents Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010 Social Work Now, Issue 46, pages 25-28. Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which New Zealand became a signatory…
