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The Lottery Community Sector Research Fund is now accepting Research Idea applications for the 2010/2011 funding year.
Date added: 5 March 2010
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A call is going out for people needing funding for research and other projects to help with New Zealand’s number one disability – hearing impairment – to apply to the Oticon ...
Date added: 5 March 2010
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Ethnicity data is essential to the measurement and monitoring of Māori health and inequalities in health status, experiences, and outcomes in New Zealand.
Date added: 18 February 2010
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Making sense of government data is set to become easier, thanks to a new web-based pilot project launched this month, says Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy.
Date added: 12 November 2009
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Developing Māori capability and knowledge is the prime focus of Ngā Kanohi Kitea Māori Knowledge and Development Research grants.
The grants provide opportunities for iwi, ...
Date added: 4 September 2009
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At a Promoting Generosity communities-of-interest meeting last week, Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector (OCVS) Policy Analyst James King presented new data on how income levels and ethnicity impact on the giving of time, money and in-kind ...
Date added: 29 June 2009
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The Charities Commission has published a benchmark survey of the level of public trust and confidence in the New Zealand charitable sector. The Commission undertook the research as part of its mandate to promote research into matters relating to ...
Date added: 18 December 2008
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New research revealing that volunteers make up an impressive two-thirds of the workforce in the non-profit sector has been welcomed by the Minister for Community and Voluntary Sector, the Hon Ruth ...
Date added: 5 September 2008
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A new survey report into the not-for-profit sector has been released by business advice and chartered accounting firm Grant Thornton New Zealand.
The 2007-2008 report focuses on topical issues ...
Date added: 9 July 2008
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A new report revealing that non-profit institutions and their volunteers contribute a massive $6.95 billion to the New Zealand economy has been welcomed today by the Statistics Minister Clayton Cosgrove and the Community and Voluntary Sector ...
Date added: 28 August 2007
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The Community and Voluntary Sector Research Forum is a great place to hear summaries of new and forthcoming research. Meeting quarterly in Wellington are people from community and voluntary ...
Date added: 24 November 2006
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A major milestone for the Study of the New Zealand Non-Profit Sector was marked recently with the launch of Defining the Non-Profit Sector: New Zealand, published by Johns Hopkins University.
Date added: 11 October 2006
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(The report, "Promoting Community Wellbeing" can be downloaded from the NZCOSS website, http://www.nzcoss.org.nz/index.php?page=66.)
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The New Zealand Council of Social Services has ...
Date added: 2 March 2006
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A new survey by Grant Thornton of Not for Profit organisations' concerns on key issues was recently published. This builds on a 2003 survey by offering contributors an opportunity to comment and to measure their practices against their peers. ...
Date added: 20 February 2006
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A comprehensive list of research projects on volunteering in New Zealand is being compiled in a joint initiative by OCVS and Volunteering NZ (VNZ). The purpose in developing the list is to assist in determining what aspects of volunteering has not ...
Date added: 17 February 2006
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A new report shows how much New Zealand families have changed in recent decades.
Date added: 25 January 2005
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A major survey of the needs and aspirations of Ngāi Tahu, the South Island's largest iwi - Mo Tatou - has just been completed.
Date added: 25 January 2005
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In 1984 Māori leaders and thinkers came together at the first Hui Taumata to share their dreams and ideas for the 20 years ahead. Following research to up-date the position of Maori today, a ...
Date added: 15 December 2004