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Samoan Ways of Knowing
Epistemology is about the relationship between someone who seeks to know and what can be known. It is about how we come to have knowledge. According to Wilson (2008, p.…continue reading
Free Funding Seminar with Funding Information Services May-June
FREE FUNDING SEMINAR FundView – Community Funding Do you need funding for your community, voluntary organisation, or club? Find the best funding matches from over 1100 grants to pay for…continue reading
Introducing New Measures of Underemployment in New Zealand
This report “introduces a new underemployment measure to be added to the suite of labour market statistics available from the Household Labour Force Survey: March 2013 quarter onwards.” It looks at the…continue reading
Whānau-centred health and social service delivery in New Zealand: The challenges to, and opportunities for, innovation
From MAI Journal Volume Two, Issue One: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship Boulton, A., Tamehana, J., & Brannelly, T. (2013, March 28). This paper traces the emergence of Māori…continue reading
Australian Social Trends, April 2013
The Australian Social Trends draws its material from a wide range of data, sourced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and other agencies, and uses the ABS Wellbeing Framework…continue reading
Latest Policy Watch & links to research
The latest Policy Watch from the New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services is out now. Content includes: Changes at NZCCSS Is there life after the Community Response Fund? Electricity…continue reading
Fulbright Seminar: Veronica Tawhai – Transforming Citizenship Education 31 May
Fulbright New Zealand is holding a free public seminar by recently-returned alumna Veronica Tawhai, a lecturer in Māori development at Massey University’s School of Māori Studies, Te Pūtahi-a-Toi. Veronica received…continue reading
PATH planning tool for Whānau Ora research activities
Kia ora tātou! (Greetings one and all) My name is Kataraina Pipi, (Ngāti Porou/Ngāti Hine). I am the Co-Chair of the Tangata Whenua, Community & Voluntary Sector Research Centre, a…continue reading
Unicef Child Wellbeing report
Child well-being in rich countries: A comparative overview PART ONE presents a league table of child well-being in 29 of the world’s advanced economies. PART TWO looks at what children say…continue reading
The first issue of Child Health Research Review available now
This new paediatric review is a unique New Zealand publication bringing you some of the most important paediatric research published around the world. Each issue will contain an independent selection…continue reading
Social factors on health subject of national study
“The role poverty, housing and other social factors play in a person’s health is coming under scrutiny as the Canadian Medical Association looks for public input into the social determinants…continue reading
Report on Giving, Receiving and Seeking Help: The Campaign for Action on Family Violence
Prepared by Point Research Ltd. for Centre for Social Research and Evaluation. Te Pokapū Rangahau Arotake Hapori A great piece of research around a strengths-based approach to seeking, receiving and/or giving…continue reading