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Evaluation of the Sector Projects Programme

The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the Sector Projects programme in achieving the intended outcomes. Based on the evaluation…

Public Information and Opinion Monitor: 2006

This report summarises the findings of the NZ On Air 2006 Public Information and Opinion Monitor. TNS has conducted the monitor annually since 1992. This year,…

Choices for living, caring and working: A ten-year plan to improve the caring and employment choices available to parents and carers

This document has two objectives: to explain the government’s vision for enhancing choices for parents and carers; and to outline the Choices Plan of Action to…

Indicators of Skill Shortage

The New Zealand immigration system uses a point system to determine the eligibility for permanent residency of skilled migrant applicants. Applicants are allocated points that associate…

COI A'oga Fa'a Samoa: O le Tama Ma Lana A'oga, O le Tama Ma Lona Fa'asinomaga: Nurturing Positive Identity in Children

In 1984 a group with vision, made up of grandparents and interested parents, set up an incorporated society "A'oga Fa'a Samoa", found premises, and started a…

Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Evidence Based Policy Project Report

The Iterative BES Evidence-based Policy Project was developed as a change management pilot project. It sought to examine factors influencing the relationship between research and policy…

Give Girls a Go Report

Young women from different areas of New Zealand talk openly about their experiences of Modern Apprenticeships and trades training in this report published by the Human…

Understanding the patterns and relationships: Wendy Kelly examines children’s attachment needs

Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 11-16 Attachment theory suggests that young children organise their behaviour around the way their caregiver treats them and that the…

Surveying social workers: Don Smith and Pete Ellis discuss the Towards Wellbeing suicide prevention programme from social workers’ perspective

Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 4-10.The Towards Wellbeing (TWB) programme began with the publication of the best practice guidelines Towards Wellbeing: Responding to the needs…

Moving towards meeting all needs: Lisa Hema reviews developments in youth justice

Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 17-20.The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 (CYP&F Act) was born out of a social environment which included…