Evaluation of the Second Language Learning Funding Pool (1999-2003) Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 The Second Language Learning Funding Pool was set up in 1998 (with funding commencing in 1999). Its general aim was to help schools develop effective and…
Local measures of the ability of working households to become home owners in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 New Zealand has a strong culture of home ownership. Its internationally high rates of ownership were fuelled between the Second World War and the late 1980s,…
The Humanities - Charting a way forward Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This paper proposes a number of pragmatic steps and options that the government could take to progress a relationship with the Council for the Humanities, in…
Reading Recovery in New Zealand: Uptake, implementation, and outcomes, especially in relation to Maori and Pasifika students Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This research project evaluated Reading Recovery, an early intervention for students making limited progress in reading and writing after their first year at school. The study…
Social Studies: Assessing Year 8 Student's Knowledge and Understanding about New Zealand Society Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 NEMP probe studies provide researchers with the opportunity to carry out more detailed analyses of data collected during the annual monitoring of student achievement. The present probe…
Tracking the Obesity Epidemic Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2004 Obesity is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for a number of major diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, ischaemic heart disease, ischaemic stroke…
Ageing New Zealand and Health and Disability Services 2001–2021 Last Publication Date: 02 Dec 2004 All countries will be faced with an increasing, and proportionately older, population with different health and disability issues over the next 10 to 20 years. Many…
Working Holidaymakers in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 This research was carried out by the Department of Labour’s Immigration Service as part of our work in responding to a Cabinet decision in November 2003…
Measuring the Economic Impact of Immigration: A Scoping Paper Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 Immigration is a complex phenomenon that affects New Zealand in many different ways. This report is concerned with measurement of economic aspects of the impact of…
Whanau Development Project: Final Evaluation Report Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2004 The Whanau Development Project piloted a devolved funding approach that involved the Ministry of Social Development providing funding and support for whanau, hapu, iwi and Maori…
