Executive summary: This report provides an outline of the latest employment demand and supply information available on the Canterbury rebuild and wider recovery, in order to inform decision-making and provide an update of the progress on the rebuild. The main findings are: There is strong demand for labour – driven by the needs of the...

The Food and Nutrition Guidelines Series includes five population-specific documents that provide evidence based technical information on food, nutrition and physical activity for health practitioners. This report describes the independent evaluation of the Guidelines undertaken in 2011. The evaluation mainly involved key informant and stakeholder interviews and an electronic survey of health practitioners who are...

Whānau Ora is an inclusive interagency approach to providing health and social services to build the capacity of all New Zealand families in need. This report examines the performance of general practices in Whānau Ora collectives. Summary Whānau Ora is an inclusive interagency approach to providing health and social services to build the capacity of...

This release measures changes in job vacancies in New Zealand advertised by businesses on the two main internet job boards – SEEK and Trade Me Jobs. Summary Jobs Online shows, in seasonally adjusted terms, that skilled job vacancies increased by 0.7 per cent in March, following a decrease in February. All job vacancies increased by...

This report presents the aggregate results from my audits of central government agencies for 2012/13. It also sets out my observations on those results for government departments, tertiary education institutions, and Crown entities. I will publish separate reports on the health sector, schools, and State-owned enterprises later this year. My auditors issued 669 audit reports...