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Experience of gambling-related harm: In Fact

Although a relatively small proportion of the population are at risk of a serious gambling problem, the harm caused by gambling extends to families, friends, businesses…

Curriculum support in science

This report documents the results of a short online teacher survey that asked about teachers' access to, and use of, a range of resources that could…

Permanent and Long Term Migration: The Big Picture

The monthly release of New Zealand’s permanent and long term migration figures typically attracts intense public interest – the focus usually being on the flow of…

Review of Rutherford Discovery Fellowships

The Rutherford Discovery Fellowships were established in 2010 to support the career development of New Zealand’s most talented early to mid career researchers at a crucial…

Evaluation of Skylight's Travellers programme

Travellers is an early intervention programme run by Skylight for students (generally in Year 9) in New Zealand secondary schools.In order to build on existing studies…

Snapshot series

This snapshot series takes a look at some of the Families Commission main research topics. Each snapshot provides a brief bibliography and covers the commission's position. Topics include:…

Youth Therapeutic Programmes

This review covers: trends in youth offending in New Zealand, developmental considerations, interventions and youth offending, characteristics of effective programmes, and specific responsivity (2012).

Māori and future food technologies

Te Wāhanga has been working with the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd (ESR) on a project about future food technologies and Māori well-being. It…

Science community engagement with schools

This report documents the first phase of a project looking at school–science community engagement initiatives. This project was funded by the Ministry of Education and carried…