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Understanding Connections and Relationships, Issues Papers 3 and 4 from The Family Violence Clearinghouse

Two new papers on Understanding Connections and Relationships from the Family Violence Clearinghouse. Issues Paper 3: Understanding connections and relationships: Child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and parenting Murphy, C., Paton,…

Māori customary law: A relational approach to justice

Stephanie Vieille has written about Māori customary law in the open access International Indigenous Policy Journal. Stephanie spent time in Aotearoa in the summer of 2010 and conducted open-ended interviews…

Te Pūwānanga, the Quarterly Newsletter of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, Available Now

The Takurua/Winter issue of Te Pūwānanga, the quarterly newsletter of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, is now available to read online here.  A few highlights from this issue are: Introducing the new editors…

What is Researcher Wellbeing and How Can we Manage and Nurture it?

Staying a productive, sane and sociable researcher is no mean feat, says Charlotte Morris, in this article. Morris talks about  increasing expectations, from attaining a PhD to teaching to publishing…

Measures of Community Wellbeing

The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG) has published a resource to support local councils in assessing the progress of community wellbeing. The report, Community Wellbeing Indicators: Measures for…

Homelessness and the Next Generation, Findings from

A report from Wesley Mission highlights the realities of young people and children who are affected by ongoing homelessness. The report, Homelessness and the Next Generation, focuses on families experiencing immediate and longer-term…

Social Innovation in Northern Ireland, Findings from The Young Foundation

New research, released in April 2013, around new and innovative approaches for meeting current social, economic and environmental difficulties.  The Young Foundation recently launched a report in Belfast looking at…

Impact of Father Involvement on Child Outcomes

Researcher, Jaipaul Roopnarine, looks at the impact of father involvement on child outcomes across cultures. This article shares some of his findings, particularly focusing on Caribbean fathers. He talks of the…

Social Return on Investment: Some Resources

Social Return on Investment (SROI) is one way to evaluate the return of a programme/project or organisation. Recently, we shared research from Volunteering New Zealand on the impact of volunteers…

Dates to Keep in Mind, June 2013

Below are a few dates of research related events in June (and some previews for the next few months).  ANGOA Community & Voluntary Sector Research Forums Wellington Research Forum Tuesday…

Whānau, Disability, and Whānau Ora Research #3

“Today Michael’s Mum came and her name is Bernie and we were talking about Michael to see how we could help him. We can play games with him and show…

A Manager’s Guide to Suicide Postvention in the Workplace

 A manager’s guide to suicide postvention in the workplace: 10 action steps for dealing with the aftermath of suicide (2013). American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and the National Action Alliance…

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