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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.
Refugees as ‘Others’: Social and cultural citizenship rights for refugees in NZ health services
Citizenship, as effective social, cultural and economic participation for refugee groups, depends on appropriate institutional structures and processes in resettlement societies. This thesis using critical social theoretical perspectives addresses the…continue reading
Posted on 27 January 2020 |
Social Policy Journal of New Zealand Issue 37 Te Puna Whakaaro. Chapter ‘Health”. Public Health System Responsiveness to Refugee Groups in New Zealand: Activation from the Bottom Up.
Issue 37 of the Social Policy Journal of New Zealand comprises research papers on a wide range of topics with implications for policy across the social sector. Research relating to…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Refugee Health Care: A Handbook for Health Professionals
In the 10 years since the publication of the first refugee health handbook there have been considerable steps taken toward improving long-term settlement outcomes for refugees settled in New Zealand.…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Best Practice Principles: CALD Cultural Competency Standards and Framework.
The purpose of this document is to:1. Provide Information about CALD population demographics and characteristics, increasing workforce diversity, service barriers, and why the need for cultural competence2. Recommend Best Practice…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Cultural case workers in child disability services: an evidence-based model of cultural responsiveness for refugee families
The medical/disabled category for quota refugees selected for resettlement in New Zealand allows entry to those who have either a medical condition that can be treated or helped in New…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Improving Educational Achievement for Students from Somali Backgrounds in Auckland, New Zealand: An Evaluation of a School Catch–Up Programme.
From arrival in New Zealand refugee students are disadvantaged as they will often not have had the experience of formal education. In New Zealand, the mismatch of age and placement…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
Refugees and Asylum Seekers Implications for ED Care in Auckland, New Zealand
The increasing use of emergency departments by refugee and migrant groups reflects the shifting ethnic composition of central Auckland. Refugees are different from other immigrants and from low-income families in…continue reading
Posted on 26 January 2020 |
African Philosophy: An analysis of its existence as Ubuntu among the ovaHerero people
Research project for my undergraduate degree. Researching on African philosophy, Ubuntu and the ovaHerero people
Posted on 15 January 2020 |
New Land, New Life: Long-Term Settlement of Refugees in New Zealand Main Report
Quota Refugees Ten Years On: Perspectives on Integration, Community, and Identity is a multi-year research programme that was developed to better understand the long-term journeys of refugees in New Zealand.…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
MEETING THE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF MIGRANTS AND FORMER REFUGEES IN THE NELSON AND TASMAN REGIONS
In pursuing their purpose of supporting migrants, former refugees, and people from minority ethnicities with their settlement processes, the Nelson Multicultural Council contracted the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research at…continue reading
Posted on 4 January 2020 |
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 |
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 |