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Effective Community-level change: What makes community-level initiatives effective and how can government best support them?

Community-level initiatives have been widely implemented in New Zealand and overseas. However, there is a lack of robust quantitative evidence on whether community-level initiatives are effective…

Measuring the effectiveness of ‘whole-of-system’ response to prevent family violence

The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (Superu) commissioned the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR) to develop and test a systems approach to…

2015 New Zealand Mental Health Survey: Methodology Report

The New Zealand Mental Health Survey (NZMHS) is an annual, nationally-representative survey, conducted for the first time in 2015. The purpose of the NZMHS is to…

Government Social Science Research and Evaluation Publishing Protocol

Government agencies undertake a substantial amount of social science research and evaluation each year. The Government Social Science Research and Evaluation Publishing Protocol is for agencies…

Our Older People’s Oral Health: Key Findings of the 2012 New Zealand Older People’s Oral Health Survey

The 2012 New Zealand Older People’s Oral Health Survey is part of the ‘Study into Older People’s Oral Health Issues’; an umbrella project funded by the…

Raising student achievement through targeted actions

In 2015,ERO investigated target setting in both primary and secondary schools. We focused on the extent to which targeted actions of schools supported accelerated progress for…

Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions [Part 4 of 5]

This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: Tertiary Education Outcomes and Qualification Completions is the fourth…

Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Workplace-based Learners [Part 3 of 5]

This is edition 17 in an annual series on the tertiary education sector. Profile & Trends 2014: New Zealand's Workplace-based Learners is the third of five…

A malu i ‘āiga, e malu fo’i i fafo: Protection for the Family, Protection for All

The Ministry for Women's new report, A malu i 'āiga, e malu fo'i i fafo: Protection for the family, protection for all, shares, from the perspective…

Special report: Mortality and morbidity of pertussis in children and young people in New Zealand

Pertussis (also known as whooping cough) can be very serious, even fatal. This report demonstrates that the impact of the illness is not distributed equitably among New…