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Comparison of the New Zealand and Australian Retirement Income Systems

There are two main differences between the retirement systems of Australia and New Zealand. First, Australia’s age pension is means tested while New Zealand’s is universal.…

Implications of global trends for retirement income policy

This paper aims to provide background information for those conducting the 2013 review of New Zealand’s retirement income and for New Zealanders who wish to participate…

He Oranga Poutama: What have we learned? A report on the developmental evaluation of He Oranga Poutama

He Oranga Poutama (HOP) is a Sport NZ (formerly SPARC) initiative that supports Māori wellbeing through sport and recreation. In 2009, the programme evolved from a…

Territorial Authority Community Sport and Recreation Facility Management Choices in New Zealand: Research Report

Sport New Zealand commissioned this research into the full range of sport and recreation facility management choices available to TAs. The aim was to produce a comprehensive and independent…

Literature review of health literacy education, training tools and resources for health providers

This literature review was prepared by Workbase for the Health Quality & Safety Commission. It provides guidance for the development of the training tools and resources…

Special Report: Unintentional suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation

Suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation are well-recognised causes of death in the paediatric age group. Data from the United States and United Kingdom show a…

Studying engineering at university: Who is eligible and who decides to study it?

This report considers the question: 'How many students leave school with the pre-requisites that enable them to study engineering?'  In addition it investigates the likelihood of…

Slow repayers: The characteristics of borrowers who make slow progress in reducing their student loans

This report looks at people who used the Student Loan Scheme (SLS) and left tertiary study between 2000 and 2006, and focuses on those who make…

Staying the course: school leavers completing their first one-year non-degree qualification

This study looks at the performance of young tertiary students studying in their first one-year non-degree qualification. Performance is measured as to how likely it is…

Workforce participation of older workers as an element of New Zealand’s Retirement Income Framework: A Review of Existing Knowledge and Data

As elsewhere, New Zealand faces major challenges in successfully managing the trend known as ‘population ageing’ (Jackson, 2007), illustrated at Figures 1 and 2. Although structurally…