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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Diverse Communities – Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand
Why this report has been produced The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Diverse Communities – Exploring the Migrant and Refugee Experience in New Zealand report brings together existing data and…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
A major leftwing think tank in Aotearoa – impossible dream or a call to action?
This article summarises the background to my current PhD work, considering questions around what academics and activists on the left in Aotearoa in 2012 think about the idea of establishing…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
Refugee-focused service providers: improving the welcome in New Zealand
When refugees are resettled into a destination, refugee-focused service providers offer frontline services to ease refugees’ experiences of trauma and marginalisation, providing advocacy and welcome through reception processes, translation services,…continue reading
Posted on 21 December 2019 |
Rangatahi Initiative: Process Evaluation
WCA hosts the Rangatahi Initiative which works in “hard to reach” whānau (mostly Black Power affiliated) with a focus on improving physical and emotional/mental health outcomes. It operates as a…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
Engaged communities
Informed and engaged communities are central to a healthy democratic society, and local government has a critical role to play. Engaged communities have high levels of community knowledge, cultural vibrancy,…continue reading
Posted on 20 December 2019 |
The relationships of geographical variations in health outcomes and earthquake impact
This paper was presented at the CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES: SEMINAR SERIES 2012. Earthquake research in the field of mental health – Outcomes & Impacts by Prof Simon Kingham, Department of Geography…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
Aggression in primary stage school
There is no doubt that violence in primary stage is very common in many schools. This aggression can be verbal or physical. The verbal aggression is insulting a child in…continue reading
Posted on 17 December 2019 |
Vulnerability Report Issue 11
NZCCSS’s 11th Vulnerability Report looks at the period October to December 2011 and investigates trends in prices, employment and unemployment, benefits and hardship, housing, children in care, and debt. It…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
My house, our house, their house: A case study of house sharing for the over 65s
Societies are looking towards innovative ways of accommodating the increasing number of people reaching 65 and without the provision of home ownership. This research follows five years of the development…continue reading
Posted on 4 December 2019 |
Vulnerability Report Issue 13
NZCCSS’s Vulnerability Report Issue 13 covers the period January – March 2012. The report shows what life is like three years on from the first report done in June 2009.…continue reading
Posted on 10 October 2012 |
A Parent’s Perspective: A parental perspective of young people’s alcohol use in Wanaka. 2019 Update.
This report presents the findings of a survey of 211 parents of students at Mount Aspiring College, Wanaka. Parents were asked about their recent supply of alcohol to their teenagers,…continue reading
Posted on 25 November 2019 |
Lessons from Community Driven Development in Myanmar : Analysis of Preliminary Results
This paper presents the lessons from phase I of the community driven development (CDD) project being implemented in Myanmar. The CDD approach has a special relevance and application in the…continue reading
Posted on 21 August 2016 |