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Training Incentive Allowance (TIA)- A Literature Review

This review of New Zealand and international literature was undertaken as part of the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) policy review. The TIA programme has many of…

Obstacles to Action - A Study of New Zealanders' Physical Activity and Nutrition

In 2003, SPARC (now Sport NZ) and the New Zealand Cancer Society undertook a study of more than 8,000 New Zealanders to find out about motivators and barriers…

Research on the New Life Akoranga Programme of the Mahi Tahi Trust

The Mahi Tahi Trust works with prison inmates and their whānau, helping them to change their hearts and minds by discovering and recovering traditional Māori principles,…

Attitudes to Crime and Punishment: A New Zealand Study

The report presents the findings of the first comprehensive national survey of the views of a sample of adult New Zealanders about crime and the criminal…

Functional Labour Markets Revealed by Travel to Work data 1991 and 2001

Regional labour market analysis is ideally based on functional rather than administrative areas. Travel-to-work data obtained from the 1991 and 2001 Census are used to define…

NZ Food, NZ Children

This report overviews the 2002 National Children’s Nutrition Survey (CNS02). It describes the methodologies and the data on nutrient intakes and their sources; food security; eating…

Evaluation of the Business of Science initiative: Final research report

This research report evaluates an initiative called The Business of Science, a Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST) initiative that ran in the Waikato region in…

Thinking about the Configuration of Services in the Care and Protection Sector - Working Paper 05/04

This working paper is concerned with how to think about the configuration of services in the care and protection sector, and the sort of evidential and…

Evaluation of the Short-Term Impacts of the Employment Relations Act 2000

The evaluation of the short-term impacts of the Employment Relations Act was undertaken by the Department of Labour. The evaluation focused on the extent to which…

Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children's learning in early childhood settings: A best evidence synthesis

This best evidence synthesis is derived from research that provides strong evidence of linkages to learning opportunities, experiences, and outcomes for children.  An important focus of…