State of Care 2017: A focus on Oranga Tamariki's secure residences Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 From July 2016 to March 2017, we found that Child, Youth and Family (CYF) residences generally met the standards that are required by the Optional Protocol…
Getting your organisation ready to do evaluations Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This user-friendly step-by-step guide will help organisations become more evaluation focussed in a structured and systematic way. This tool has been trialled with a number of…
Science achievement: What we know from New Zealand's participation in TIMSS 2014/15 and PISA 2015 Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 In 2014 and 2015 New Zealand took part in two large international studies – the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and the Programme…
Problem Gambling and Family Violence in Help-Seeking Populations: Co-occurrence, Impact and Coping Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 Four hundred and fifty-four clients of problem gambling treatment services took part in a short survey on gambling and family/whānau violence and abuse. There were 370…
Evaluation of Partnership Schools | Kura Hourua Policy Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 The Ministry of Education has a clear focus on improving student achievement, and employs a range of approaches to support the sector’s efforts, including provision of…
Mental health: Effectiveness of the planning to discharge people from hospital Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This report considers whether discharge planning is completed as intended, whether the needs identified are met after people leave hospital, and whether discharge planning is helping…
How We Eat – Reviews of the evidence on food and eating behaviours related to diet and body size Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This report presents the current evidence available about the effect of several eating behaviours (‘how’ we eat) on diet and body size. The six chapters contain…
Social sector productivity: a task perspective Last Publication Date: 01 May 2017 This research note adopts a public management framework to explore the complexity and challenges of introducing productivity measurement in the social sector. The framework draws on…
Local Content Report 2016 Last Publication Date: 20 Apr 2017 Since 1989 NZ On Air has measured local free-to-air television content. The Local Content Report compares the schedules of the seven national free-to-air channels to observe…
New Zealand’s fresh waters: Values, state, trends and human impacts Last Publication Date: 12 Apr 2017 The report is in two sections. The first is a summary report written from the Office of the Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor with the assistance…
