Public Knowledge About Local Government Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 The Department of Internal Affairs’ Local Government and Community Branch is helping the public develop a better understanding of what local government does and how they…
COI Wycliffe Nga Tamariki Kindergarten: The Flight of Our Kite Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 This report describes a Centre of Innovation research project carried out at Wycliffe Nga Tamariki Kindergarten between April 2003 and June 2006. The setting for this…
COI New Beginnings Preschool: Putting Identity into Community Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 New Beginnings Preschool was one of six New Zealand early childhood centres participating in the first round of the Ministry of Education’s Centres of Innovation three-year…
Neighbourhood environments that support families Last Publication Date: 01 May 2006 The report highlights results from a research project entitled The Place of Caregiving: Community environments, participation, health and wellbeing. The project, undertaken in Waitakere City and North Shore City…
Practice Makes Profit: Business Practices and Firm Success Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 Which business practices set successful firms apart from others? We address this question using data from an official survey of almost 3,000 New Zealand firms. Questions…
Race Relations in 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 Race relations continued to be a subject of major public debate in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2005, although the number of people who saw it as…
Finding and keeping volunteers: What the research tells us Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 During 2006 SPARC contracted Gravitas Research and Strategy Ltd to conduct social marketing, qualitative research to provide greater understanding of what motivates people to volunteer in…
Ethnic Community Perceptions of New Zealand Police Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 In 2005 the New Zealand Police commissioned this research project to explore the perceptions of police held by members of various ethnic communities and to provide…
Literature Review on the Effective Engagement of Pasifika Parents & Communities in Education (PISCPL) Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 Aotearoa New Zealand's population of Pacific Island peoples is a multi-ethnic, heterogeneous group comprising different languages and cultures. This diversity is recognised by the authors of…
Alcohol Community Interventions and Services for Pacific Peoples - Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This literature review is part of ‘Le Ala’, a community action research project led by Pacific peoples. Its findings and recommendations are intended to guide the…
