Health and well-being and family/whanau functioning Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The family environment is an important influence on a wide range of social and health outcomes and there is general agreement that strong families lead to…
Local Government Information Series: Analysis of 2007/08 Development Contributions Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The Department of Internal Affairs engaged SPM Consultants Limited to conduct a review of 2007/08 development contributions in order to assess the variability and levels of…
The 2002 Domestic Purposes and Widow’s Benefit Reform: Evaluation Report Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The 2002 Domestic Purposes and Widow’s Benefit reform reshaped the support available to help people receiving these benefits move towards employment and changed the employment-related obligations…
Local government: Results of the 2006/07 audits Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This is our report on the 2006/07 audits of the local government sector. Most of these audits were of regional and territorial local authorities and their…
Human Rights and Seclusion in Mental Health Services Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 In 2004 the Mental Health Commission published a report on the use of seclusion in New Zealand. Later that year the Human Rights Commission published Human…
SPEaR Good Practice Guidelines 2008 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 The Social Policy Evaluation and Research Committee (SPEaR) was established by Government in 2001. The SPEaR Terms of Reference included a specific function to promote the…
Migration Trend 2006/07 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This report is the seventh in a series produced annually to provide information about trends in temporary and permanent migration to New Zealand. This report provides…
Good Practice in Supporting and Engaging Senior Secondary Students Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 This evaluation report about good practice in supporting and engaging senior secondary students draws on the work of nine New Zealand secondary schools and identifies principles…
New Zealand children's food and drink survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 A survey of 1,133 parents and caregivers of 5- to 16-year-old children, and 547 5- to 16-year-old children. The data describes attitudes and behaviours towards food…
An Evaluation of the Quality of Māori Language Teaching in Secondary Schools: Manukau Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2008 These earlier reports should be used for historical perspective – many of our more recent reports replace these and are more current and up to date. The…