Our country is making some progress towards greater fairness and equality, in a context of general prosperity and economic growth. Yet significant...
How do we reduce crime? Tackle the individual and social problems that cause vulnerability to offending, remove procedural delays in the courts,...
Crime levels in New Zealand don’t seem to be improving a great deal. This report, Part 2 of a Briefing Note series (see Part 1 here), says that if...
Talk of the housing crisis is constant and everywhere. For Pacific families, they are bearing the brunt of the housing crisis. Right across the...
Debt collection and repossession is a challenging area for people in debt and who cannot afford to repay these debts back. This Discussion Paper...
This Briefing Note is the first of a series of three notes to be issued over the next two months. The series will explore key issues in criminal...
Progress in reducing social and economic inequalities has stalled according to the newly released 2019 State of the Nation Report.
People in hard working communities are calling on the Prime Minister for help dealing with the impact of drugs, the housing crisis, lack of mental...
Beyond Renting: Responding to the decline in private rental housing, a review of the current perilous state of the New Zealand rental housing...
The State of the Nation report this year is the tenth annual report The Salvation Army’s Social Policy Parliamentary Unit has completed.
In this inaugural State of Our Communities report, we look at the grassroots level of three communities: Linwood (Christchurch), Papakura (...
The latest report from the Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit looks at the role of migrant workers in the aged- care sector.
