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New Zealand children's food and drink survey

A survey of 1,133 parents and caregivers of 5- to 16-year-old children, and 547 5- to 16-year-old children. The data describes attitudes and behaviours towards food…

Inquiry Report: Ministry of Social Development: Preventing, detecting, and investigating benefit fraud

The Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) expects to pay more than $13 billion in social security benefits in 2007/08. Therefore, it is vital that New…

Inquiry Report: Ministry of Education: Monitoring and supporting school boards of trustees

The Ministry of Education (the Ministry) is responsible for leading the public education sector to ensure that the education system works for all. Within the sector,…

Reporting the progress of defence acquisition projects

Projects to acquire defence capabilities involve large amounts of public money and attract much public and political interest. Experience here and in other countries suggests that…

Local government: Results of the 2006/07 audits

This is our report on the 2006/07 audits of the local government sector. Most of these audits were of regional and territorial local authorities and their…

Access to Mental Health and Addiction Services and Intersectoral Links, 2006/07

This monitoring report details the progress towards the implementation of the Government’s national mental health strategy. It presents information on access to secondary mental health and…

Parental Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Teen Drinking

This report presents the results of a quantitive survey of a nationally representative sample of parents of 12 to 17 year old.

Literature Review on Models and Efficacy of Illegal Drug Social Marketing Campaigns

The Ministry of Health has identified a social marketing campaign as one potential way to contribute to a reduction in the harm associated with the demand…

Over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system

Māori are disproportionately represented in criminal justice statistics to an alarming degree. This paper attempts to shed light on why this is so. It examines the…

Raising the Odds? Gambling behaviour and neighbourhood access to gambling venues in New Zealand

This report presents the key results of a study that investigated whether people's gambling behaviour was associated with their local gambling environment.This study found that there…