A Good Worker is Hard to Find: Skills Shortages in New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper examines the determinants of firms’ skill shortages, using a specially-designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations Survey. We…
Country Progress Report New Zealand (HIV/AIDS) 2010-2011 Last Publication Date: 22 Mar 2012 The Ministry of Health acknowledges the support and assistance of the HIV and AIDS sector stakeholders in preparing this report. The initial phase involved circulation of the…
Disability Support Services Strategic Plan 2010 to 2014 Last Publication Date: 21 Mar 2012 The Ministry of Health’s Disability Support Services group (DSS) has developed a four-year Strategic Plan for the period July 2010 to June 2014. This plan sets…
Health of Māori Children and Young People with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities Last Publication Date: 19 Mar 2012 The report on the health of Māori children and young people with chronic conditions is divided into two main parts Part 1: 'Children and Young People with…
Partnerships with Māori: He Waka Whānui Last Publication Date: 17 Mar 2012 Drawing from the Families Commission Act 2003 (Section 7), the Families Commission takes a strengths-based approach to the work informing its Whānau Strategic Framework. For example,…
Cancer patient survival - change over time update - covering the period 1994 to 2009 Last Publication Date: 16 Mar 2012 This publication is an update to the Cancer patient survival covering the period 1994 to 2007 publication released by the Ministry of Health in 2010. It…
Vitamin D Status of New Zealand Adults Last Publication Date: 14 Mar 2012 This report presents the most recent information about the vitamin D status of New Zealand adults. This information comes from the 2008/09 New Zealand Adult Nutrition…
Maternity Consumer Survey 2011 Last Publication Date: 09 Mar 2012 The Maternity Consumer Survey aims to assess women’s perceptions of maternity services. Previous surveys were carried out in 1999, 2002 and 2007. In 2011, for the…
Achieving healthy urban planning: A comparison of three methods Last Publication Date: 05 Mar 2012 This paper compares three of these ways: health impact assessment (HIA); seconding public health professionals to local government (secondment); and community-driven planning, by studying recent New…
Race Relations in 2011 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2012 The year 2011 was dominated by the Canterbury earthquakes, the hosting of the Rugby World Cup, the environmental consequences of the foundering of the container ship…