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Evaluation of Ministry of Education-Funded Early Childhood Education Professional Development Programmes

The Ministry funded ECE Professional Development (PD) Programmes are for a three year period from July 2010 to June 2013.  The focus for the PD Programmes…

Quality Dimensions of the Elective Waiting Time Goals: High Level Review

One of the Government priorities is reducing waiting times for patients who are accepted for elective assessment and treatment. At the request of the Director-General of…

Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer in New Zealand Men: Recommendations from the Prostate Cancer Taskforce

Prostate cancer is a significant burden to men’s health and is now one of the most important issues facing New Zealand men.The lack of a reliable…

Race Relations in 2012

New Zealand’s compliance with international human rights treaties was considered by two United Nations treaty bodies in 2012 – the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural…

Longevity trends and their implications for the age of eligibility for New Zealand Superannuation

This paper is one of a number of background papers commissioned by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income for the 2013 Review of Retirement…

Initial Teacher Education Outcomes: Standards for Graduating Teachers

This paper and its companion, Learning to Practise (2013), are designed to inform policy and promote discussion on programme development for initial teacher education and the…

Learning to Practise

Learning to Practise is a companion paper to Initial teacher education outcomes: Standards for graduating teachers (Aitken, Sinnema, & Meyer, 2013). Its purpose is to describe…

Sun Exposure Survey: Methodology Report 2013

This research was undertaken as part of the national monitoring of sun exposure and related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. In addition to monitoring, this project helps…

Sun safety promotion in territorial authorities

This research study assesses sun protection policies and practices in territorial authorities. In an earlier version of this report, Appendix 7: Latitude and Coastline Classifications By…

Public sector financial sustainability

As Auditor-General, I have a keen interest in the financial sustainability of the public sector. This discussion paper explores international practices and current research in assessing…