A review of collaboration among councils Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2009 The focus of the review was to provide insight into the factors that encourage collaboration among local councils and those that might hinder it. Three research…
Māori Participation and Engagement with Local Government Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009 The Local Government Act 2002 recognises and respects the Crown’s obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi by placing some specific obligations on local authorities. These obligations…
Public Health (Wellbeing) in New Zealand: Interface with Local Government Last Publication Date: 20 Oct 2009 The purpose of this document is to highlight good practice that is occurring in the sector. By encouraging more effective working relationships between health and local…
Information on Local Government Water Network Infrastructure Last Publication Date: 01 Oct 2009 The Department of Internal Affairs (the Department) is seeking to make consistent information about councils more available and accessible, to better understand issues facing the local…
Critical analysis of the implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy implementation and framing of issues for the next phase Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 This paper represents the first part of a two-stage project ‘Where Next for Primary Health Care Development in New Zealand?’ that was undertaken by Judith Smith,…
Where Next for Primary Health Care Organisations in New Zealand? Last Publication Date: 02 Sep 2009 This paper sets out a synthesis of five reports commissioned by District Health Boards New Zealand and the Ministry of Health as part of their ‘change…
Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health Initiatives: Summary Report Last Publication Date: 02 Aug 2009 The Report describes the evaluation of the first 26 of the Ministry of Health’s funded Primary Mental Health initiatives which was conducted between June 2005 and…
Local government: Results of the 2007/08 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 This is our report on the 2007/08 audits of the local government sector. Most of these audits were of regional and territorial local authorities and their…
The Investigation and Surveillance of Poisonings and Hazardous Substances Injuries Last Publication Date: 02 May 2009 The guidelines provide guidance to public health staff who investigate complaints of adverse health impacts from any poisonings and chemical or hazardous substances injuries (chemical exposure…
Results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2009 Results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 describes the health status of sentenced prisoners in New Zealand, using a range of indicators from a national survey…