Parental monitoring and substance use among Pacific youth: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Parents have a significant influence on the societal norms, values and behaviour learned by their children. Permissive parental rule setting and monitoring has been shown to…
Tamakaiwānanga – Māori Boys at Secondary School: A qualitative study of Māori boys’ motivation and engagement in NCEA Level 1 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Tamakaiwānanga explores what motivates Māori boys to achieve in education. The report aims to identify ways in which rangatahi, whanau and teachers can work together to…
Maori Tourism Capability Assessment Report 2014 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This report identifies the development aspirations and needs of Māori tourism businesses, and identfies how we can collaborate to help those businesses to develop.
NEET by choice? Investigating the links between motherhood and NEET status Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 It is tempting for policy-makers to subtract young mothers aged 15 to 24 from the NEET group, assuming young mothers have intentionally disengaged with employment, education…
Opinions on banning food advertising to children: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 The Health Promotion Agency (HPA) monitors parents and caregivers’ opinions on food marketing to children in the Health and Lifestyles Survey (HLS). Results from the 2012…
Enhancing Mātauranga Māori and Global Indigenous Knowledge Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Enhancing Mātauranga Māori and Global Indigenous Knowledge is a collaboration of 14 Māori and international scholars and aims to create a forum for Māori and global…
A validation and norming study of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire in the New Zealand context Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 The B4 School Check (B4SC) is a free health and development check provided for all children as soon as possible after they turn four years old.…
Young people’s perceptions of their parents’ attitudes and rules about smoking: In Fact Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 Young people’s perceptions of parental attitudes and rules about smoking are associated with youth smoking, and these perceptions may be an even stronger influence on youth…
Supporting parental and carer-couple relationships Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2014 This Issues Paper outlines parental and carer-couple relationships in New Zealand. It then examines the challenges facing these relationship types, approaches to providing support and examples…
Mātātuhi Tuawhenua: Rural Hospitalisations 2007 to 2011 Last Publication Date: 24 Dec 2013 This report presents data on public hospitalisations for Māori and non-Māori living in rural areas. It supplements the main report on Māori rural health, Mātātuhi Tuawhenua:…