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Enhancing and Igniting Talent Development Initiatives: Research to determine effectiveness

This report presents the findings from research involving five Talent Development Initiatives for improving outcomes for gifted and talented students or their teachers. The purpose of…

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2006

What is PISA? The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international standardised study that assesses and compares how well countries are preparing their 15-year-old…

Campaign for Action on Family Violence: Impact of the ‘It’s not ok’ television advertisements

The Ministry of Social Development undertook three surveys between December 2007 and September 2008 to measure the reach and retention of the Campaign for Action on…

Campaign for Action on Family Violence

Family violence is a significant social problem in New Zealand causing economic, social and health problems for victims and witnesses of violence. It is estimated to…

Race Relations in 2009

Welcome to the sixth annual New Zealand race relations report. The first report, reviewing 2004, noted the publication of the Commission’s landmark status report on human…

An Innovative Approach to Changing Social Attitudes around Family Violence in New Zealand: Key ideas, insights and lessons learnt

The purpose of this review is to understand and articulate the approach of the campaign and determine how well the campaign is working. In particular, it…

It's Not Ok! Community Study Summary Report

The Campaign for Action on Family Violence (the Campaign) is a community-based social marketing initiative that seeks to change the way New Zealanders think and act…

Attitudes, Values and Beliefs about Violence within Families: 2008 survey findings

This national face-to-face survey included over 2,500 in-home interviews in order to explore attitudes and beliefs about violence towards women, inter-partner violence and child abuse. The…

Report on Giving, Recieving and Seeking Help

This aim of this research is to understand help giving and receiving behaviours in the context of family violence. In particular the research aims to understand…

School safety: An inquiry into the safety of students at school

The Children's Commissioner’s first Inquiry involving education led to this comprehensive guide to understanding and successfully dealing with bullying and violence.