Secondary Literacy Reports Published: 01 Apr 2013 National and international evidence suggests that in many education systems, including New Zealand, large numbers of students graduate from or leave school without the levels of…
Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison Project Case Study Published: 01 Sep 2005 The Pacific Islands School Community Parent Liaison (PISCPL) project is one of a number of initiatives that originated out of Vaka Ou: The Pacific Islands Labour…
Ua Aoina le Manogi o le Lolo: Pasifika Schooling Improvement Research - Final Report Published: 01 Feb 2010 The current project focuses on the effectiveness of Schooling Improvement initiatives for Pasifika. The purposes were to identify the practices that work to raise achievement and…
Youth in Employment in Auckland consultation for Work and Income (2009) Published: 15 May 2009 Youth unemployment is a priority area for Government. Young people need as much opportunity and assistance to help them find employment as possible. In the current…
Early Childhood Monographs: The Quality of Education and Care in Pacific Early Childhood Services Published: 01 Feb 2007 In New Zealand, many early childhood education services offer programmes that are aligned to particular educational philosophies, cultural identities or religions. When parents are choosing an…
Pacific Adolescent Career Pathways Published: 01 Jul 2014 The Pacific Adolescent Career Pathways project is, to date, the largest and only Pacific-specific longitudinal study designed to explore and address information gaps on the formative…
Race Relations in 2012 Published: 01 May 2013 New Zealand’s compliance with international human rights treaties was considered by two United Nations treaty bodies in 2012 – the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural…
Race Relations in 2011 Published: 01 Mar 2012 The year 2011 was dominated by the Canterbury earthquakes, the hosting of the Rugby World Cup, the environmental consequences of the foundering of the container ship…
Sport and recreation in New Zealand Pasifika Communities Published: 01 Nov 2010 One of the fundamental issues underpinning this research is the simple question of why Pasifika should be encouraged to participate in sport and recreation. There is…
Pacific Cultural Competencies: A Literature Review Published: 02 Feb 2008 An overview of the literature on Pacific cultural competence in health care including definitions of Pacific cultural competence, rationale for and benefits of cultural competence, competence…