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Family Violence Statistics Report

This Families Commission report brings together New Zealand's family violence statistics to establish a baseline against which future trends can be measured. The data comes from…

A Review of Research on Sexual Violence in Audio-Visual Media

The Classification Office commissioned researchers from Victoria University to conduct a literature review focusing on research conducted in the 1990s or later. The review grouped together…

Evaluation of the Inservice Teacher Education Practice Project (INSTEP)

INSTEP was a research and development project aimed at improving the quality of inservice teacher education. The project, carried out by the Ministry of Education, set…

Evaluation of 'Parenting Through Separation' Programme

Parental separation is a common occurrence in New Zealand and other western countries. Research indicates that parental separation is often associated with negative outcomes for children…

A review of how the training of the New Zealand health workforce is planned and funded: a proposal for a reconfiguration of the Clinical Training Agency

New Zealand has significant problems in recruiting, training and retaining adequate numbers of appropriate health and disability services workers. This is most likely to worsen.The planning…

Treating People Well: Report of the Director-General of Health’s Commission on the Resident Medical Officer Workforce

The RMO Commission was established to investigate the issues facing the resident doctor workforce and make recommendations on the medical workforce needed to deliver services now…

The Campaign for Action on Family Violence. Effective social marketing: complex issues and innovative practice

Family violence is a significant social problem in New Zealand causing poor economic, social and health outcomes for victims and witnesses of violence. The economic cost…

Beyond Reasonable Debt Part 2: The extent to which financial behaviour can explain over-indebtedness amongst New Zealand families

The Families Commission and Retirement Commision have jointly released this second report on debt. The study found that financial behaviour (notably not saving and living pay-to-pay…

We’re a Family: A study of how lesbians and gay men are creating and maintaining family in New Zealand

Lesbians and gay men can face significant challenges as they seek to create and maintain families that include children but in most cases they overcome these…

Effectiveness of Youth Court Supervision Orders: Measures of Re-offending

This research reports on the effectiveness of Youth Court supervision orders in reducing the frequency and seriousness of re-offending. It was conducted to provide information on…