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

Community Responses to Violence-The Violence Free Community Project

This report details the development and operation of a community based violence prevention programme. The focus was upon creating community level conversations that would enlarge understandings of violence and from…continue reading

Posted on 25 November 2012 |

Unholy Matrimony: Forced Marriage in New Zealand

This study explores the issue of forced and underage marriage in Aotearoa New Zealand. It documents the stories of survivors of actual and threatened forced marriage. It also records the…continue reading

Posted on 25 November 2012 |

Pilot of a tool for Cultural Impact Assessment in local government RMA decisions

This research has piloted a tool for assessing the cultural impact of sub-division on ancestral Māori land. Local government authorities have said they often find it difficult to incorporate the…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Why (some) nonprofits don’t partner with business

A survey of American NPOs was conducted to examine business/nonprofit partnerships from the perspective of those who have never partnered. Primary reasons for not partnering with business tended to be…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

A Journey through Kaupapa Māori Evaluation

“A Journey through Kaupapa Māori Evaluation” Teah Carlson’s presentation at the 2012 Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association Conference. Teah is a Phd student Te Kupenga Hauora Maori, University of Auckland.

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Whanau Ora & Action Research

Action Research is a participatory research method in which esearch is then undertaken to answer the question, with the findings reflected upon for their practice implications. Practice is then changed…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

The Discipline & Guidance of Children: A Summary of Research

This summary of a review of research commissioned by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner in 2003, is intended to provide parents and professionals with important information about the effects…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Relocation Following Parental Separation: The Welfare & Best Interests of Children

The modern world is characterised by an increasingly mobile population as family members transfer or relocate nationally and/or internationally to pursue new career or lifestyle opportunities. How positive this decision…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Ethical Issues in Undertaking Research with Children & Young People: International Literature Review

There is a significant body of literature concerning ethical issues in undertaking research with children and young people. It covers a broad range of ethical issues, concerning both the nature…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Building Capacity for Ethical Research with Children and Young People

This report presents the findings from the Childwatch project. To the best of our knowledge it is the first international project of its kind to identify and explore the ethical…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |

Facilitating domestic violence programmes: Listening to voices from the field

Relationship Services Whakawhanaungatanga (now Relationships Aotearoa) undertook an evaluation of 15 years of domestic violence programme facilitation. Ideas were gathered from experienced facilitators, client evaluation forms were analysed and Maori…continue reading

Posted on 15 October 2012 |