The Campaign for Action on Family Violence. Effective social marketing: complex issues and innovative practice Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 Family violence is a significant social problem in New Zealand causing poor economic, social and health outcomes for victims and witnesses of violence. The economic cost…
Beyond Reasonable Debt Part 2: The extent to which financial behaviour can explain over-indebtedness amongst New Zealand families Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 The Families Commission and Retirement Commision have jointly released this second report on debt. The study found that financial behaviour (notably not saving and living pay-to-pay ‘most'…
A review of how the training of the New Zealand health workforce is planned and funded: a proposal for a reconfiguration of the Clinical Training Agency Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 New Zealand has significant problems in recruiting, training and retaining adequate numbers of appropriate health and disability services workers. This is most likely to worsen.The planning…
Who Cares for People with Schizophrenia: Family carers' health, circumstances and adjustment Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2009 Family carers of people with schizophrenia are an important part of the mental health sector landscape, yet there are few studies of representative samples to inform…
Flying the nest: an analysis of Kiwi firms delisting from the NZX Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 Recent commentary has suggested an increasing trend in delistings from the NZX, driven by offshore takeovers. However, some of that commentary has been driven by anecdotal…
Encouraging more preparation of evening meals at home: An in-home family partial ethnographic study Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2009 This set of power point slides documents findings of a HSC commissioned study into a sample of lower income families with school age children, where evening…
Future demand for tertiary education in New Zealand: 2009 to 2025 and beyond Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 This study models demand for tertiary education between 2009 and 2025 based on underlying population trends and three scenarios with different assumptions about how rates of…
Inquiry Report: Inland Revenue Department: Managing tax debt Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2009 Although most taxpayers pay their tax on time, the Inland Revenue Department (Inland Revenue) acknowledges that tax debt is growing at a rate that is outpacing…
Social Relationships and Social Support Last Publication Date: 05 May 2009 This section considers the social networks of migrants, their relationships with both New Zealanders and other members of their own ethnic group, as well as friendships…
Migrants Income and Assets Last Publication Date: 05 May 2009 This chapter examines migrants’ personal income and the sources of that income; ownership of assets and the value of those assets; financial assistance from the government;…
