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Blue Skies
Wed 2 Dec, 2009

Heart and Head

Explanation of the meaning of fatherhood

University of Canterbury researchers Dr Jeffrey Gage, Associate Professor Ray Kirk and Professor Andrew Hornblow conducted in-depth i

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Blue Skies
Wed 18 Nov, 2009

Who Cares for People with Schizophrenia

Family carers' health, circumstances and adjustment

Families that care for a family member with mental illness need support in order to help them to do the best job they can

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Blue Skies
Thu 15 Oct, 2009

Discipline in Context

Families' disciplinary practices for children aged under five

Kiwi families say they are increasingly using positive parenting techniques because they work, according to 100 ordinary families’ descriptions of their own parenting methods.

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Blue Skies
Mon 1 May, 2006

New communication technologies and family life

This study aimed to draw together the international and national scholarly literature and New Zealand expert knowledge on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and families. It is hoped that this document will usefully inform the work of the Families Commission in the area of ICTs.

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Blue Skies
Wed 1 Mar, 2006

Les Familles et Whānau sans Frontières

New Zealand and Transnational Family Obligation

Around one in five people living in New Zealand were not born here and around 20 percent of people born here are believed to be living overseas.

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Blue Skies
Sat 1 Aug, 2009

We’re a Family

A study of how lesbians and gay men are creating and maintaining family in New Zealand

Lesbians and gay men can face significant challenges as they seek to create and maintain families that include children but in most cases they overcome these challenges with considerable success, new research funded by the Families Commission has found.

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Blue Skies
Fri 1 May, 2009

An exploration of the family partnership model in New Zealand

This report documents the project undertaken to explore the potential value of the Family Partnership Model (FPM) for New Zealand agencies and organisations that work with families in the community

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Blue Skies
Sun 1 Mar, 2009

Sent Home

The impact on the family of a child’s exclusion from school

This study considers the impact on families of exclusion from school, and presents the thoughts and feelings of affected New Zealand families.

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Blue Skies
Fri 1 Dec, 2006

Towards a statistical typology of New Zealand households and families

The efficacy of the family life cycle model and alternatives

Family life cycle stages are an essential research model, but sometimes cannot reflect current social variations.

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Blue Skies
Wed 1 Apr, 2009

Settling In

This report, funded by the Families Commission's Blue Skies programme, looks at the relationships between 39 migrant and refugee parents and their teenagers as they settle into New Zealand.

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