More than an apple a day: Children’s right to good health Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 Health is one of the key areas affecting a child’s development, with repercussions for almost every other area of life including education, employment, justice and family…
Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū: Evaluation Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2006 Te Whakamotuhaketanga Hapū (TWH) Strategy (the Strategy) is a three-year strategy operated by the Department of Internal Affairs’ (DIA) Local Government and Community Branch (LG&C). The…
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 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…
A health profile of young Asian New Zealanders who attend secondary school Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 This report presents selected findings for young ‘Asian’ New Zealanders from the Youth 2000 national secondary school youth health survey.
Where do they go? Roy Bergquist reviews centrally funded treatment options for antisocial behaviours in New Zealand youth Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 33, pages 12-15. The treatment of antisocial behaviour in adolescents is a matter for debate in this country. Many of the methods used…
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…
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…