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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Refashioning Racism: Immigration, Multiculturalism and an Election Year
We wish to examine a number of events arising from statements made by New Zealand First leader Winston Peters during the 1996 election campaign and the public response to them.…continue reading
Posted on 23 September 2020 |
Being Accepted: The Experience of Discrimination and Social Exclusion by Immigrants and Refugees in New Zealand
This report identifies the nature of discrimination experienced and/or perceived by new settlers in New Zealand. The research results presented are derived from data collected via four focus groups conducted…continue reading
Posted on 23 September 2020 |
Agenda for Change
SSPA has been working with some sector leaders on what a reset of the social services system could look like. We’ve prepared an agenda for change and are now ready…continue reading
Posted on 4 September 2020 |
Upside Youth Mentoring Aotearoa: A thematic analysis of routinely collected interviews with mentors, young people, and young people’s whanau
Upside Youth Mentoring Aotearoa is a community mentoring organisation specialising in the formation of supportive relationships between volunteers and young people aged between 9 and 13 years. A key focus…continue reading
Posted on 2 September 2020 |
“From closed to flowering” An evaluation of services provided by Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust
IntroductionRaukatauri Music Therapy Trust (RMTT) offers the only music therapy centres in New Zealand, coordinated through its central Auckland operations. RMTT works across Auckland through five satellite services and two…continue reading
Posted on 2 September 2020 |
The People’s Report on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals – An alternate report for Aotearoa New Zealand (2019)
The purpose of the People’s Report is to provide a range of views about Aotearoa New Zealand’s progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These come…continue reading
Posted on 18 August 2020 |
Report into Rainbow Philanthropy in Aotearoa
The Rule Foundation and Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust (RNZCT) are proud to release a report on the state of Rainbow Philanthropy in Aotearoa. Conducted between August 2019 and April…continue reading
Posted on 6 August 2020 |
Food Hygiene
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Posted on 20 July 2020 |
Project Matarau: Many faces, a common vision. 2018-2019. A Community Led Development Project from Potaka to Tokomaru Bay.”
This community led development research supported locally based whanau and hapu to interact within their communities, to have dialogue and to draw out the richness of that dialogue, to share…continue reading
Posted on 15 July 2020 |
Peer Support Provided to People with Newly Acquired Spinal Cord Impairment in NZ: Evaluation Report
This work was a translational research project undertaken by Burwood Academy of Independent Living (BAIL) on behalf of the New Zealand Spinal Trust (NZST; based at the Burwood Spinal Unit,…continue reading
Posted on 15 July 2020 |
What drives Women Leaders to Adopt an Authoritarian Model of Power? An Essay on Female Principals in Kenya
Abstract There is ample evidence that a number of women leaders tend to adopt an authoritarian model of leadership. If I have found it necessary to question what drives women…continue reading
Posted on 12 July 2020 |
EDUCATION: A RIGHT OR A PRIVILEGE? THE KENYAN PERSPECTIVE
EDUCATION: A RIGHT OR A PRIVILEGE? THE KENYAN PERSPECTIVE This study aims to facilitate debate about the State’s efforts in taking a rights-based approach in the education sector. The study…continue reading
Posted on 10 July 2020 |