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Evaluation of professional development to support the arts in the New Zealand curriculum

Report on an evaluation of how the professional development, offered on a national basis to schools over a two-year period commencing 2001, supported the initial implementation…

Improving English Language Outcomes for Students Receiving ESOL Services in New Zealand Schools, with a Particular Focus on New Immigrants

This research was commissioned to inform the review of the current ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) strategy. The report details the outcome of a review…

An Evaluation of Arts Professional Development Online in support of the Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum

Arts Professional Development Online' commenced nationally during 2001 to support the implementation of 'Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum', targeted specifically at rural and isolated schools.…

Family resilience and child outcomes

Social Work Now, Issue 24, pages 10-16 Ross Mackay reviews the research literature on family resilience and child outcomes.

The Level of Financial Assistance to Families with Dependent Children: A Comparative Analysis

In 1992, a comparison study using a model-family methodology found New Zealand to be one of the least generous countries in the OECD in terms of…

Work Poor Or Working Poor? A Comparative Perpestictive on New Zealands Jobless Households

In recent years, researchers have identified a growth in both "work-poor" and "work-rich" households in several OECD countries, including New Zealand, indicating an increasing concentration of…

Barriers to Employment Among Long-Term Beneficiaries: A Review of Recent International Evidence - Working Paper 04/04

This working paper documents the recent international literature on the topic of potential barriers to employment among working-age beneficiaries, with a particular focus on long-term beneficiaries.…

Evaluation of Avenues: A Pilot of a Modified Domestic Purposes Benefit-Sole Parent Application Process

This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of the Avenues pilot. Avenues tested a modified Domestic Purposes Benefit application process and ran from August 2001…

Factors that help/hinder community economic development: Emerging learnings from CEDAR

The purpose of this paper is to look back over the three years of Community Economic Development Action Research (CEDAR) project and share some of the…

A Measure of Culture

Based on the New Zealand Framework for Cultural Statistics, information from the Cultural Experiences Survey provides a snapshot of New Zealanders’ engagement with cultural activities as…