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Research publications

To make sure families, communities and policymakers are well informed by research, evidence and the voice of New Zealand families, we regularly conduct our own research, as well as providing research funding. The final reports from this research are available free of charge.

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You can read all of our reports online, and in many cases can order a hardcopy.

Recent Research Publications

Report
Thu 2 Sep, 2010

Social Services in Masterton

The views of family and whānau

This report responds to the Minister of Social Development’s request for a snapshot of all the social service providers in the Masterton area, how families know about them and which services

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Report
Wed 1 Sep, 2010

Accessing Support Services for families in Masterton

Voices of Wairarapa families

The purpose of this report is to describe the findings of interviews conducted with 39 Wairarapa families and whānau who have children with a range of multiple needs and challenges, and their exper

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Wed 1 Sep, 2010

Masterton Family Services Survey

The Families Commission required an understanding of the use and perceived performance of services provided to families in Masterton and the Wairarapa.

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Project
Thu 12 Aug, 2010

Out of School Services and Care

What's important to parents?

We've commissioned a survey to find out what is important to parents when choosing Out of School services and care.

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Blue Skies
Fri 4 Jun, 2010

Family food environment

Barriers to acquiring affordable and nutritious food in new zealand households

The Family Food Environment Survey (FFES) is a cross-sectional survey of 136 New Zealand families living in Dunedin and Wellington with one or more children aged between five and 18 years.

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Blue Skies
Fri 4 Jun, 2010

Being a single mum

Pacific island mothers’ positive experiences of parenting

Discussions about parenting often cast single mothers in a negative light.

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Blue Skies
Thu 3 Jun, 2010

Crime families in the news

Exploring media reports of young offenders and their families

Historically, youth crime has been a topic of great interest in New Zealand’s print media, but there has been little research on the families of young offenders.

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Report
Sat 15 May, 2010

Family resilience

The settlement experience for asian immigrant families in New Zealand

Traditionally, research on the impact of immigration has been conducted from a psychological perspective, whereby individuals’ acculturation status has been measured and associations made wit

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Report
Thu 22 Apr, 2010

Definitions of whānau

A review of selected literature

The purpose of this review is to inform the Families Commission’s Whānau Strategic Framework 2009–2012.

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