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Reaching Out: Who New Zealanders turn to for relationship support

Our researchers talked in depth to 50 people to find out how they accessed information and support to sustain their couple relationships. We found that people…

Give and Take: Families' perceptions and experiences of flexible work in New Zealand

This report presents research the Families Commission undertook in 2007/08 to explore how flexible working arrangements can best support family wellbeing and what the barriers and…

Juggling Acts: How parents working non-standard hours arrange care for their pre-school children

This study focused on how parents working outside the normal Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 5.00pm working week, manage the care of their pre-school-aged children. Many parents…

Measuring up – How does the New Zealand’s tertiary education system compare?

Each year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) publishes Education at a Glance, a collection of indicators that compares the performance of the education…

An Analysis of Teenage Employment by Firms: 1999/00–2006/07

Changes to youth minimum wage legislation in New Zealand together with steady increases in minimum wages since 2001 have contributed to substantial increases in the minimum…

The impact of firm closure on workers’ future employment and earnings

This paper examines the impact of job loss due to firm closure on workers’ employment and earnings. It uses data from Statistics New Zealand’s Linked Employer-Employee…

Social Housing Future Scenarios

The project aims at developing two to four scenarios (extreme possibilities that will be based on the information and views provided by the workshop participants) exploring…

Trading choices. Young people’s career decisions and gender segregation in the trades

Report prepared for the Ministry of Women’s Affairs by the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, September 2008.

Evaluation of the Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project

The Whanganui-a-Tara Courts and Health (WATCH) Project was implemented from October 2006 to March 2007 to reduce repeat offending and improve health outcomes for young adult…

Problem Gambling Intervention Services in New Zealand

This report presents and summarises the data collected by problem gambling service providers in 2007. It provides an overview of clients who have sought help via…