Kin care – Understanding the dynamics Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 41, pages 4-11. In Aotearoa New Zealand many children, both Māori and Pākehā, have been taken in by whānau and extended family when…
Why should child welfare and schools focus on minimising placement change as part of permanency planning for children? Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 41, pages 19-27. For every child, education is critical to successful transition to adulthood. The need of foster children for a stable education,…
Global Visa & Permit Survey 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 Since 1996 the Workforce Group of the Department of Labour has undertaken an annual Global Visa and Permit Survey. The purpose of this survey is to…
New Kiwis, Diverse Families: Migrant and former refugee families talk about their early childhood care and education needs Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 This Families Commission report is based on focus groups with six groups of parents, mostly mothers, from differing migrant and refugee communities from non-English speaking backgrounds…
Work Patterns after Paid Parental Leave Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2008 This paper uses longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset to describe the employment and earnings patterns of people who first received paid parental leave between…
Omnibus Survey Report One year on: Public attitudes and New Zealand’s child discipline law Last Publication Date: 14 Nov 2008 Public attitudes and New Zealand's child discipline law
Effectiveness of Intervention Services for Problem Gambling - Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008 In March 2006 the Ministry contracted for services to provide a better understanding of the range of treatment approaches used in New Zealand, and whom they…
Māori and Informal Caregiving: A background paper prepared for the National Health Committee Last Publication Date: 29 Oct 2008 This paper explores Māori informal caregiving in the context of whānau. Included in this paper is the definition of whānau, which is discussed in detail, and…
Cardiac Surgery Services in New Zealand - Cardiac Surgery Service Development Working Group Report Last Publication Date: 02 Oct 2008 This report aims to review: the current level of cardiac surgery provision in New Zealand compared to other countriesvariation in provision of cardiac surgery by region within…
Problem Gambling - Barriers to Help Seeking Behaviours: Implementation 2004-2007 Last Publication Date: 10 Sep 2008 AUT was contracted by the Ministry of Health in March 2006 to: examine the experiences of gamblers and their family/whānau when seeking and obtaining help for gambling…
