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A health profile of young Asian New Zealanders who attend secondary school

This report presents selected findings for young ‘Asian’ New Zealanders from the Youth 2000 national secondary school youth health survey.

The Best of Care? An Independent Review of Issues at the Interface of Disability Support and Care and Protection

"The Best of Care?" review explores the policy, legislation and operational practice related to children and young people with disabilities and their families who are involved…

Where do they go? Roy Bergquist reviews centrally funded treatment options for antisocial behaviours in New Zealand youth

Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 12-15.The treatment of antisocial behaviour in adolescents is a matter for debate in this country. Many of the methods used…

We can work it out: Ashley Seaford examines employee performance appraisals

Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 16-20.In some work areas machinery and technology contribute to productivity and the attainment of organisational objectives, but in human service…

Raranga Tupuake: The Māori Health Workforce Development Plan

The vision for Raranga Tupuake is to build a competent, capable, skilled and experienced Māori health and disability workforce over the next 10 to 15 years.There…

Cyberspace and young people: Barbara Staniforth, Elizabeth Butterfield and John Fenaughty detail recent developments in technology and their potential impact on children, young people and their families

Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 4-11.Technology is changing society at an increasing pace and social work has made good use of advances in technology in…

Review of the Empirical Literature Assessing the Impacts of Government Policies on Family Form

Policymakers need to consider possible impacts on families when designing and implementing policies and services. This report documents a systematic review of empirical literature that considers…

How do graduates' earnings change over time?

This report looks at the post-study earnings of those who borrowed through the Student Loan Scheme. It looks at the earnings of people three years after…

New Zealanders and the arts 2005

In designing this survey, Creative New Zealand wanted to find out what arts activities New Zealanders participated in and why; and what arts events they attended…

Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis: Strengthening Research, Policy and Practice Links to Improve Outcomes

The Iterative BES Programme has been one of a number of case studies considered in a series of OECD meetings focussed on evidence-based policy research. This…