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Evolving Educational Expectations for New Zealand Youth: Evidence from the Christchurch Health and Development Study

The purpose of this research project is to learn more about the formation of educational expectations by young people and their parents in New Zealand. This…

Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice

Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice is a cross-departmental research project aimed at identifying factors associated with effective outcomes in the youth justice system and assessing…

A Pacific Perspective on the NZ Mental Health Classification and Outcomes Study (CAOS)

This report provides a Pacific perspective on the New Zealand Mental Health Classification and Outcomes Study (CAOS Report).  It is intended to highlight implications of the…

Community-Based Youth Development Fund Projects 2002-2005 Design Evaluation

Evaluating the design and initial development of the six projects currently funded by the Community-Based Youth Development Fund (YDF) shows that the projects are on target…

Evaluation of the Training Incentive Allowance Phase One and Phase Two

Phase One It utilises data from the MSD administrative databases to provide high level descriptive information about how TIA is being targeted to clients, how TIA…

Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market

This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. Prior to this reform, a…

Te rerenga ā te pīrere: a longitudinal study of kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori students | Phase I

Te Rerenga ā te Pīrere(The Flight of the Fledgling) is a longitudinal study of 111 kōhanga reo and kura kaupapa Māori students. This project is perhaps…

Analysis and Use of Student Achievement Data

This group of five studies reports on aspects of the AUSAD initiative in Mangere and Otara that is designed to improve the capacity of the schools…

Bilingual/Immersion Education: Indicators of Good Practice

Based on a review of national and international research on bilingualism and bilingual/immersion education, this report explores effective approaches for bilingual education. While the focus was…

‘Building Resilient Lives’ - including families in residential intervention

Social Work Now, Issue 26, pages 15-20. Melanie Pearson examines issues of family involvement in residential intervention such as Children’s Health Camps