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The Windmill Programme: Thinking outside the square

Social Work Now, Issue 46, page 36-40. Research has shown that children with disabilities struggle to find a place in mainstream social and recreational programmes (Families…

The right of people with disabilities to be parents

Social Work Now, Issue 46, pages 25-28. Article 23 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which New Zealand became a…

Seeking and establishing the views of disabled children and young people: A literature review

Social Work Now, issue 46, pages 9-18. Listening to children’s voices and accessing their views about service provision in the education, health, social services and legal…

Future Liability -  Estimating time on benefit and the associated cost

This research aimed to produce indicative estimates of the long-term fiscal costs of a cohort of current benefit recipients, and investigate how this varies with benefit…

Outputs and outcomes of the government’s tertiary education expenditure 2005-2009

This report synthesises the inputs, outputs and outcomes of the government’s tertiary education expenditure over the period 2005 to 2009 in eight key funds. In total,…

Face the Facts - campaign evaluation 2010

Face the Facts was launched in April 2009 to present some hard-hitting facts about tobacco consumption in New Zealand. This report outlines results from a survey…

Life After Study: International students' settlement experiences in New Zealand

This report uses multiple information sources to describe the characteristics of international students in New Zealand, the motivations of former international students who have successfully transitioned…

Services under challenge: Critical success factors in meeting high and complex needs of people in mental health care

This study aims to identify and analyse examples of New Zealand mental health services that have successfully adjusted service provision to meet the “high and complex…

Mental health and addiction funding: Mechanisms to support recovery

New Zealand has a population of 4.3 million and, based on the New Zealand Mental Health Survey, 4.7% of people will experience severe mental health or…

Future Workforce Development Needs

This report provides an overview of workforce development requirements in the next five to 10 years within the context of changing modes of service delivery, including…