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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Young people who have been involved with Oranga Tamariki – Home and Housing

This report provides data from the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) about secondary school students who report they have been involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services…continue reading

Posted on 25 November 2021 |

Young people who have been involved with Oranga Tamariki: Identity and Culture

This report provides data from the Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) about secondary school students who reported being involved with Oranga Tamariki or Child Youth and Family Services. Youth19 is…continue reading

Posted on 25 November 2021 |

Bringing Life to Leadership: The emergence of principal leadership practice for educational success in low socio-economic schools

The persistent educational achievement gap and historically haphazard nature of progress for students in impoverished contexts in New Zealand primary schools is a deep-seated problem needing urgent attention. This multifaceted…continue reading

Posted on 11 November 2021 |

Being manuhiri

Several favourite walking, tramping, cycling, kayaking, and boating spots in Aotearoa NZ are now co-managed by Māori organisations and government agencies. These co-governance and co-management arrangements have been put in…continue reading

Posted on 11 November 2021 |

Enabling narratives for Aotearoa New Zealand

Storytelling, as spoken or written narratives, is an effective way to convey complex or abstract ideas. We have developed narratives about different ways of achieving EBM. They are based on…continue reading

Posted on 11 November 2021 |

Othering and voice: How media framing denies refugees integration opportunities

Mainstream media play a significant role in shaping public opinion in modern society. For refugees, misinterpretation (including associations with victimhood, foreignness and deviant behaviour) can hinder integration into New Zealand…continue reading

Posted on 4 November 2021 |

Employable identities: Social and cultural capital in the narratives of former refugees

Navigating the labour market in a new context can be a challenge for any migrant, and particularly so for former refugees, who are often unable to find employment appropriate for…continue reading

Posted on 4 November 2021 |

Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey – a Youth2000 survey

The Youth19 Rangatahi Smart Survey (Youth19) is the latest in the Youth2000 series of health & wellbeing surveys. Youth19 was conducted in 2019 in the Auckland, Northland & Waikato regions…continue reading

Posted on 29 October 2021 |

2021 New Zealand Cause Report

The 2021 New Zealand Cause Report is a reference resource for Aotearoa New Zealand’s multidimensional charitable and broader for-purpose sector, and is a follow on from the 2017 Cause Report.…continue reading

Posted on 27 October 2021 |

Interventions to reduce the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases among migrants and refugees worldwide: A scoping review of published literature, 2006 to 2018

Background Disparities in vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) burden and immunisation coverage between migrants and refugees and their host populations have been described in numerous countries worldwide. Effective strategies are required to…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2021 |

Exploring immunisation inequities among migrant and refugee children in New Zealand

Migrants may experience immunisation inequities compared with the host population related to barriers with accessing immunisations in their home countries, while migrating and/or post-arrival. This retrospective cohort study explored vaccination…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2021 |