Latest report

The Salvation Army Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit has published significant reports on a number of important social issues.

Recently published

Under the Influence - Reshaping New Zealand's Drinking Culture (April 2010)

A summary of findings from 20 focus groups with people who have attended or who are attending Salvation Army addiction treatment programmes.

> view and download Under the Influence (PDF, 2.42MB)

Other reports available

Housing

> Housing Update (PDF, 131KB) 2008 - estimating a housing shortfall
> Rebuilding the Kiwi Dream (PDF, 2.8MB) Aug 2007 - housing proposal
> A Home I Could Own (PDF, 867KB) Sep 2005 - low-income housing aspirations
> From Housing to Homes (PDF, 841KB) Feb 2005 - homeownership strategies
> Forgotten People (PDF, 1.7MB) Aug 2006 - men on their own

Crime & Punishment

> Pacific Trafficking in Persons Forum Report (PDF, 1.12MB) Nov 2009 - overview
> Beyond the Holding Tank (PDF, 1.2MB) Feb 2006 - rehabilitative prison policy

Incomes & Poverty

> A New Journey - Te Haerenga Hou (PDF,257KB) 2008 - parliamentary elections
> A New Zealand that Demands Attention (PDF, 450KB) Aug 2004 - social issues

Social Hazards

> Under the Influence (PDF, 2.42MB) April 2010 - reshaping NZ's drinking culture
> A Contest of Spirits (PDF, 1.6MB) April 2010 - how we see alcohol
> Excising Excess (PDF, 1.59MB) Nov 2009 - alcohol tax options
> Alcohol in our Lives (PDF, 280KB) Nov 2009 - submission to the Law Commission

State of Nation Reports

> A Road to Recovery (PDF,170MB) Feb 2010 - tracks social progress
> Into Troubled Waters (PDF, 1.04MB) 2009 - full version
> Into Troubled Waters (PDF, 378KB) 2009 - text and figures only
> "What Does it Profit Us?" (PDF, 481KB) Feb 2008 - a State of the Nation report

Think-Pieces

> Apolitical Politicking (PDF, 72KB) May 2010 - The Salvation Army's apolitical stance
> Angelic Exchanges (PDF, 386 KB) May 2010 - Speaking of God in the public sphere
> Distant and Disposable (PDF, 296KB) March 2010 - revalue our shared humanity 
> Na To Rourou, Na Taku Rourou (PDF, 828KB) The Economics of a Shared Future
> The Rainbow of Entitlement (PDF, 208KB) July 2009 - exploring consumerism
> Hearing Sa'aq (PDF, 92KB) May 2009 - the practice of hopeful, liberating speech
> Economics of Elephants (PDF, 184KB) March 2009 - mutual responsibility