Working together to support families of vulnerable children Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2010 Social Work Now, Issue 45, pages 20-25. There is a rich history of professionals intervening early and working collaboratively to assist families who are struggling to nurture…
How Should We Care for the Carers, Now and Into the Future? Manaaki tangata Last Publication Date: 19 Mar 2010 New Zealand's health and disability system is facing several pressures, including an ageing population and the increasing prevalence of long-term conditions. These trends are likely to…
Report on Giving, Recieving and Seeking Help Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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…
An Innovative Approach to Changing Social Attitudes around Family Violence in New Zealand: Key ideas, insights and lessons learnt Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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…
Campaign for Action on Family Violence: Impact of the ‘It’s not ok’ television advertisements Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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…
Attitudes, Values and Beliefs about Violence within Families: 2008 survey findings Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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 survey…
Race Relations in 2009 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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…
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 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 students…
Representatives from Agencies addressing Drug and Alcohol issues Regionally Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 The purpose of this research is to provide ALAC and partner agencies with information to support their decisions on “RADAR” – an initiative in which Northland…
What do international rankings tell us about the performance of New Zealand universities? Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2010 This report analysed the data behind the Annual Rankings of World Universities Top 500 and Times Higher Education Supplement Top 200 university rankings to see what…