Evaluation case study: Barnardos Whangarei in-home parent mentor programme Last Publication Date: 04 May 2017 This case study details the outcomes evaluation undertaken with Barnardos in Whangarei on its in-home parenting programme. The evaluation focused on how well the programme met its…
Evaluation case study: A process evaluation of the children's mentoring programme at Pillars Christchurch Last Publication Date: 04 May 2017 This case study explains the process evaluation undertaken with Pillars in Christchurch on their mentoring programme for children with a caregiver in prison. The purpose was…
Public sector productivity: Quality adjusting sector-level data on New Zealand schools Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 Statistics New Zealand has estimated that since 1996 increases in outputs of the public sector have largely been associated with increasing labour inputs. In the education…
State of Care 2017: A focus on Oranga Tamariki's secure residences Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 From July 2016 to March 2017, we found that Child, Youth and Family (CYF) residences generally met the standards that are required by the Optional Protocol…
Science achievement: What we know from New Zealand's participation in TIMSS 2014/15 and PISA 2015 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 In 2014 and 2015 New Zealand took part in two large international studies – the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the Programme…
Problem Gambling and Family Violence in Help-Seeking Populations: Co-occurrence, Impact and Coping Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 Four hundred and fifty-four clients of problem gambling treatment services took part in a short survey on gambling and family/whānau violence and abuse. There were 370…
Mental health: Effectiveness of the planning to discharge people from hospital Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This report considers whether discharge planning is completed as intended, whether the needs identified are met after people leave hospital, and whether discharge planning is helping…
How We Eat – Reviews of the evidence on food and eating behaviours related to diet and body size Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This report presents the current evidence available about the effect of several eating behaviours (‘how’ we eat) on diet and body size. The six chapters contain…
Social sector productivity: a task perspective Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This research note adopts a public management framework to explore the complexity and challenges of introducing productivity measurement in the social sector. The framework draws on…
New Zealand’s fresh waters: Values, state, trends and human impacts Last Publication Date: 12 Apr 2017 The report is in two sections. The first is a summary report written from the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor with the assistance…
