Pacific people
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Discussion paper
Riots in the Pacific: control and change
This paper provides a preliminary examination of factors in common to riot events across the Pacific region over the past 15 years.
Report
Pacific prosperity through social enterprise
The new rubric presented in this report provides a well-evidenced model for understanding the core elements of Pacific social enterprise, which in turn can inform future investments and planning of sustainable Pacific social enterprise models, unlocking the potential of Pacific communities, families and successful enterprises.
Working paper
Monitoring economic and social rights in the Pacific
This paper looks at economic and social rights enjoyment in Pacific countries. It also looks at ways of expanding the number of countries and rights the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) can provide scores for.
Report
Well Child Tamariki Ora review report
This review report identifies the changes that are needed to the design, delivery and resourcing of the Well Child Tamariki Ora (WCTO) programme.
Report
Pacific young people’s understanding of family violence
This report has been prepared to broaden understanding about young Pacific people’s identity and world views, and to explore how these understandings influence young Pacific people’s perceptions of healthy family relationships and family violence.
Report
Ethnic differences in the use and experience of child healthcare services in NZ
This research explored the underlying mechanisms behind ethnic differences in the use and experience of child healthcare services via econometric approaches.
Discussion paper
Talanoa: human rights issues for Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand
The purpose of this paper is to provide a foundation piece about human rights of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand. It identifies how human rights fits within the unique context of Pacific peoples, and how they provide a baseline understanding of the issues that...
Report
The state of the climate in the Pacific 2020
This report explores how climate change has impacted Pacific Island Countries; who is responsible; and what is needed to ensure that the people of the Pacific emerge stronger from the climate crisis.
Report
Are New Zealand children meeting the Ministry of Health guidelines for sleep?
There has been limited data on how many children under five in Aotearoa New Zealand are meeting current sleep duration and sleep quality guidelines. To address this, researchers from Massey University, Queensland University of Technology and the Ministry of Health analysed sleep and sociodemographic data...
Literature review
Te Piringa insights into ensuring effective whānau-centred, primary health care services and support
This integrative literature review sought to understand the evidence for whānau-centred primary health provision towards improved Māori and Pacific health outcomes. A focus was to gain insights regarding the enablers, inhibitors, and challenges in delivering effective primary health care services and support for Māori and...
Report
Māori whānau and Pasifika families experience of sleep health messages
The purpose of this research was to understand the level of awareness of commonly promoted healthy sleep messages, experiences with these messages, enablers and barriers to implementing the messages, whether additional support or information may be needed and how this could best be shared with...
Report
Making disability rights real Whakatūturu ngā tika hauātanga
New Zealand has a mixed record when it comes to the rights of disabled people. Although some things are done well, there is still a great deal of work required to remove barriers stopping disabled people from participating in society on an equal basis. This...
Report
Action plan for Pacific education 2020-2030
This Action Plan is a blueprint for communities, the education sector and the Government to transform outcomes for Pacific learners and families.
Report
Demanding the future: navigating the Pacific's youth bulge
This analysis identifies the wide-ranging potential impacts of a surging youth population in the first half of this century. They include increased poverty, persistently low literacy levels, and intense competition for educational opportunities.
Report
Pathways for change 2019-2023
This report presents a framework designed to help reduce family violence within the New Zealand Pasefika community.
Discussion paper
Pacific perspectives on family violence in Aotearoa New Zealand
Pacific populations in New Zealand have significant rates of family violence as both victims and perpetrators. The authors argue that holistic, collaborative, and collective approaches to addressing family violence for Pacific families are essential for their healing process.
Report
Ola manuia: Pacific health and wellbeing action plan 2020–2025
This report was developed with input from Pacific communities, the health sector, and relevant government agencies, to provide a new direction for Pacific health and improve Pacific health and wellbeing.
Literature review
Literature scan of unpaid work - a Pacific gender perspective
Pacific peoples in New Zealand are more likely than the rest of the country’s population to engage in unpaid and voluntary work. For this reason, this literature scan has been undertaken to identify research published since 2010, on the nature of unpaid work that is...
Report
Meat flaps and turkey tails: Are fatty, cheap cuts of meat the cause of obesity in the South Pacific?
Obesity rates have risen faster in the South Pacific than anywhere else over the last 30 years and are expected to continue to increase for the foreseeable future. The importation of fatty, cheap cuts of meat is often blamed for the high prevalence of obesity...
Report
Pacific Islanders in regional Victoria: final project report
This major research project, led by Professor Helen Lee of Latrobe University, explored the socio‐economic status and well‐being of Pacific migrants in rural northwest Victoria, focusing on the towns of Mildura and Robinvale. The project’s final report makes a series of recommendations on employment, education...
Working paper
The settlement experience of Pacific migrants in New Zealand: insights from LISNZ and the IDI
New Zealand has a long history of migration from the Pacific. This research uses the Longitudinal Immigration Survey New Zealand (LISNZ) and Statistics New Zealand’s Integrated Data Infrastructure to focus on differences in outcomes between migrants from different Pacific countries who gained residence approval under...
Report
A pressure release valve? Migration and climate change in Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu
This report examines migration opportunities, projects future migration numbers from three Pacific microstates, and reports on fiscal and economic impacts and the likely impact of a hypothetical one-off environmental disaster on migration options.
Report
The New Zealand Pacific economy
This report establishes quantitative and qualitative information on what Pacific New Zealanders’ contributions are to the economy, from a living standards perspective. This is a critical component in our understanding of the range of capital stocks and assets that Pacific New Zealanders possess and use...
Guide
How to collaborate with Pacific Churches for development research
This guide is a practical resource to assist Australian-based researchers and Australian and international development organisations. The guide is designed to support good practice for research partnerships with Churches in the Pacific, where the aim of the research is to generate evidence that influences policy...
Commentary
Why yet another visa for farm work makes no sense
Introducing yet another special agricultural employment visa might destroy the good things about the ones we've got, writes Stephen Howes.