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Beyond Zero Tolerance

If New Zealand wants to move beyond zero tolerance for family violence, we must actively foster and promote healthy relationships across all levels and sectors of…

What factors make a difference to getting a degree in New Zealand?

One of the questions that has arisen from the publication of attrition rates in tertiary education in New Zealand, especially for institutional planners and policy makers,…

Liquor Bans in New Zealand

The aim of the research was to develop an overview of liquor bans in New Zealand by virtue of reviewing and analysing the available local literature,…

Inquiry Report: Cambridge High School's management of conflicts of interest in relation to Cambridge International College (NZ) Limited

Managing conflicts of interest in the public sector involves more than consideration of the law. The ethics of the situation must also be considered. The findings…

Perceptions of Public Safety in the Auckland CBD

Earlier this year, the Institute of Public Policy at AUT University carried out a customer satisfaction survey for the Auckland City District Police. One of the…

Collaborating across Policy, Research and Practice: Knowledge Building for Sustainable Educational Development

I have been asked by the organisers of the joint OECD/Netherlands Evidence Based Policy Research [EBPR1] Conference – Linking Evidence to Practice, to focus on the…

Underage Gaming Research

The Office of Film and Literature Classification and the Censorship Compliance Unit of the Department of Internal Affairs asked UMR Research to survey the game playing…

Reading Achievement in New Zealand in 1990 and 2001: Results from the Trends in IEA's Reading Literacy Study

The aim of this report is to present a descriptive summary of similarities and differences between the achievement in reading literacy of New Zealand Year 5…

Parent Mentoring Initiative Evaluation

The Parent Mentoring Initiatives is the forming of relationships between parents and school that enables both parties to contribute more effectively to the education and achievement…

The Accesibility Journey: Report of the Inquiry into Accessible Public Land Transport Accessible Public Land Transport

In the opening pages of this report, disabled people describe the barriers they face everyday just to get to work, to the doctor, to the shops…