Surveying social workers: Don Smith and Pete Ellis discuss the Towards Wellbeing suicide prevention programme from social workers’ perspective Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2006 Social Work Now, Issue 34, pages 4-10. The Towards Wellbeing (TWB) programme began with the publication of the best practice guidelines Towards Wellbeing: Responding to the needs…
Work, Family and Parenting Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 This research report provides a descriptive picture of the reciprocal relationship between paid work and family life and raising children. Specifically, it provides insight into the…
Trends in Youth Activity in New Zealand from 1985-2004 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 Limited information is currently available on youth activity in New Zealand. This paper uses data primarily from the Household Economic Survey (HES) to provide a comprehensive…
Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 Problem Gambling in New Zealand: Analysis of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey was prepared by Public Health Intelligence (PHI), the epidemiology group of the Ministry…
Whānau is whānau Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 This report considers the use of the māori word 'whānau' in social policy-making, details the personal reactions of participants to various forms and derivations of whānau,…
Analysis of Community Outcomes from Draft Long-term Council Community Plans Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 The Local Government Act 2002 requires all local authorities to facilitate a process, at least once every six years, to identify community outcomes. This identifies the…
Attitudes Toward the Māori Language Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 In order to measure progress toward achieving the fifth goal of the Māori Language Strategy, three telephone surveys of language attitudes were undertaken in 2000, 2003…
'Ageing in Place': The Views of Older Homeowners about Housing Maintenance, Renovation and Adaptation Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 This report presents the findings of research into the ability of older homeowners to continue living in their own homes. The research showed the significance of…
Cultural Indicators for New Zealand: 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 When the Cultural Statistics Programme was established in 1993, the production of a report which brought together key indicators for the cultural sector was identified as…
Student Responses to Critical Thinking Tasks in the NEMP Assessments Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2006 In 2005, the researcher conducted a probe study (Knight, 2005) in which the NEMP assessment tasks from 1996 to 2003 were considered to identify those which…
