Communication issues in care and protection cases Last Publication Date: 01 Aug 2004 Social Work Now, Issue 27, pages 23-28 Sandra Porteous discusses effective communication and collaboration between lawyers and social workers in care and protection proceedings. This article is…
Real Media, Real People: Privacy and Informed Consent in Broadcasting Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2004 In late 2001 the Broadcasting Standards Authority decided to conduct research into privacy and informed consent issues in broadcasting. There were three main reasons for this…
The Viewing Habits of Users of Sexually Explicit Movies Last Publication Date: 01 Jul 2004 This research examined the viewing habits of users of sexually explicit material in response to an absence of research on the effects of sexually explicit movies…
Towards precautionary risk management of TV violence Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2004 In December 2002, the Minister of Broadcasting appointed a working group to review the amount of violence on TV in New Zealand, to determine whether this…
Role and potential of ICT in early childhood education: A review of New Zealand and international literature Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2004 This review synthesises recent literature about ICT use in early childhood education (ECE). It looks at the role and potential of ICT to support teaching and…
Training Incentive Allowance (TIA)- A Literature Review Last Publication Date: 01 Dec 2003 This review of New Zealand and international literature was undertaken as part of the Training Incentive Allowance (TIA) policy review. The TIA programme has many of…
Thinking about the Configuration of Services in the Care and Protection Sector - Working Paper 05/04 Last Publication Date: 01 Nov 2003 This working paper is concerned with how to think about the configuration of services in the care and protection sector, and the sort of evidential and…
Estimating the Impact of Employment Programmes on Participants’ Outcomes Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises what has been learnt so far in estimating employment programme impact using administrative data in the New Zealand context. The report covers issues…
Evaluation of Avenues: A Pilot of a Modified Domestic Purposes Benefit-Sole Parent Application Process Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises the findings of the evaluation of the Avenues pilot. Avenues tested a modified Domestic Purposes Benefit application process and ran from August 2001…
Evaluation of Avenues: Evaluation of Migrant Pilot Projects in Auckland North, Auckland Central, Waikato and Central Regions 2002 Last Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003 This report summarises four pilot schemes, completed in 2000/2001, designed to address issues related to the difficulties experienced by migrants from non-English speaking backgrounds who have…