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Learning from the Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) - Findings of the External Evaluation

The Quality Teaching Research and Development Programme (QTR&D) was a bold and ambitious pilot development and research project. It was designed  as an exploratory programme to…

Childbirth Education: Antenatal education and transitions of maternity care in New Zealand

This Families Commission report was developed in association with Parents Centres New Zealand Inc and the Parenting Council. The aim of this report is to help…

An exploration of the family partnership model in New Zealand

This Families Commission report explores the potential value of the Family Partnership Model (FPM) for New Zealand agencies and organisations that work with families in the…

Monitoring Teacher Supply 2009

The 2009 Monitoring Teacher Supply report provides the Ministry with a snapshot of the number of entitlement staffing vacancies and re-advertised vacancies in schools at the…

Healthy Families, Young Minds and Developing Brains: Enabling all children to reach their potential

This research report provides a critical overview of recent research into how minds and brains in young children develop, and some of its implications for families…

Finding Time: Parents' long working hours and impact on family life

This Families Commission study focuses on the experiences of a range of New Zealand families selected from industries that are most affected by long working hours.…

High Level Executive Summary: Quality Teaching, Research and Development Māori Medium

The focus of this summary is on the Māori Medium which involved a university team, two school based hubs (settings) of teachers with in-service teacher educator…

A closer look at completion in higher education in New Zealand

New Zealand has one of the lowest reported higher education qualification completion rates in the OECD, significantly below Australia. Why do so many New Zealand students…

Evaluation of Only in the Club 2008

"Only in the Club" was an initiative that used a portion of funding supplied by the Ministry of Justice to Franklin District Council for the development…

Central government: Results of the 2007/08 audits

This is our report on the 2007/08 audits in the central government sector.