Comparative Study of Maternity Systems Published: 19 Nov 2013 This Report provides an overview of maternity systems and maternity outcomes for mothers and babies in New Zealand and six comparator countries.
Work, Family and Parenting Published: 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…
Recognising and responding to child neglect in New Zealand Published: 06 Dec 2010 This report presents research findings on the neglect of children from birth to five years. The report is in two parts. Part A represents the findings…
A research study of Young Carers: The development of a recording tool for agencies to identify young carers Published: 02 Nov 2007 This report by Michael Gaffney of the Children’s Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, in association with Carers New Zealand was commissioned and funded by the…
Implementing the New Zealand Health Strategy 2013 Published: 01 Dec 2013 This report summarises the major achievements in the priority areas of the New Zealand public health service in 2013. Achievements are grouped according to medium-term priorities…
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…
Evaluation of the Māori Oral Health Providers Project Published: 02 Mar 2011 In 2007 five Māori health providers received one-off Ministry funding to purchase their capital requirements to deliver oral health services (the Project). Four providers built Mobile…
Review of the policy of some DHBs no longer paying for laboratory tests referred by Private Specialists: Final Report Published: 02 Nov 2010 In 2006, three District Health Boards (Hutt Valley and Capital and Coast, and then later Tairawhiti) were given permission to trial a policy to cease payments…
Critical analysis of the implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy implementation and framing of issues for the next phase Published: 02 Sep 2009 This paper represents the first part of a two-stage project ‘Where Next for Primary Health Care Development in New Zealand?’ that was undertaken by Judith Smith,…
PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) 2012 Published: 01 Nov 2014 What is PISA? The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international study that assesses and compares how well countries are preparing their 15-year-old students to…