Blue skies fund reports
Blue Skies funding is offered to researchers to examine contemporary and emerging family issues. The Blue Skies Fund is intended for new research, emergent ideas, and 'ideas papers' which have the potential to lead to new research.
You will find all the published reports from the Blues Skies Fund on these pages. Copies can be downloaded or you can request a hardcopy.
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List all published Blue Skies reports
Recent blue skies reports
Title | Date | Description | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandparents in rural families: grandparents in rural families (PDF 734.17 KB) | July 2008 | This project reports on significant background literature review work in rural ageing, both in New Zealand and comparatively, and begins to explore relationships between grandchildren and their grandparents. | Sally Keeling, Kathy Glasgow and Carolyn Morris, NZ Institute for Research on Ageing, Victoria University of Wellington |
| Strengthening Rural Families - An exploration of industry transformation, community and social capital (PDF 775.88 KB) | June 2008 | This project seeks to understand how rural families adjust to changes in the social and economic landscape and how rural families participate in the accumulation and utilisation of social capital within their communities to bring about balance between paid work, community commitments and family life. | Colin G Goodrich and Kaylene A Sampson, University of Canterbury, Christchurch |
| Whänau socialisation through everyday talk (PDF 603.31 KB) | February 2008 | The Whänau Talk project was a pilot study conducted to explore what Mäori whänau (families) talk about in their everyday lives and how such talk contributes to whänau socialisation. | Huia Tomlins-Jahnke and Arohia Durie, Te Uru Maraurau School of Maori and Multicultural Education, Massey University Palmerston North |
| Older adults’ experience of family life: Linked lives and independent living (PDF 640.97 KB) | December 2007 | This project investigated the ways that older adults in New Zealand experience family life and social relationships in the 21st century with the results of the study identifying implications regarding the positive ageing and independence of older adults. | Dr Mary Breheny and Dr Christine Stephens - School of Psychology, Massey University, Palmerston North |
| Diverse forms of Pacific Families and their financial decision-making processes (PDF 803.36 KB) | November 2007 | Understanding Pacific peoples in the context of their families is crucial to working successfully with Pacific families and communities. | ‘Ana Hau‘alofa'ia Koloto and ‘Alisi Numia Katoanga, Koloto & Associates Ltd, Centre of Excellence in Pacific Research and Advancement |