Reports

One of The Salvation Army’s founders’ William Booth would carry out community surveys to identify the needs of the community and this is how some of the services the Army offered were identified and created. The ‘State of our Communities’ (SOOC) was initiated with the same principle, to ensure that...

“Don’t hide, don’t panic, there’s help available” The words above, quoted from a Salvation Army senior staff member, epitomise our plea to New Zealanders facing new forms of vulnerability, hardship and complex challenges due to the current pandemic. Two months have passed since we released our last Covid-19 Social Impact...

Is the storm still coming? In our previous Dashboard, we asked the question: Are we in the calm before the storm? In this Dashboard, the numbers indicate that the levelling off, or calm period outlined earlier, is in many ways still continuing. But these numbers, coupled with analysis and commentary...

Are we in the proverbial calm before the storm? Thank God the health impacts of this pandemic have been minimised. But the social and economic impacts are massive and will be felt for a long time to come. The real effects of the 2007/08 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), sparked by...

This is our second Salvation Army Covid-19 Social Impact Dashboard that monitors and assesses the social impacts of this pandemic, particularly for the poorest and most vulnerable Kiwis. The results are mixed: on one hand, our Salvation Army 0800 phone number has seen a steady flow of enquiries, mostly for...

These are unusual times. Our nation is in the middle of a global pandemic and a national lockdown. The Government has responded swiftly and strongly with various economic packages, health advice and new measures and health-based restrictions that have created a new normal in Aotearoa. As we adjust to this...

Some good outcomes were achieved in 2019 but more needs to be done for our most vulnerable citizens, says the thirteenth annual State of the Nation Report.

Our country is making some progress towards greater fairness and equality, in a context of general prosperity and economic growth. Yet significant and enduring unfairness remain and their effects are concentrated in particular groups – in the poor housing outcomes of Pacific people, the disproportionate imprisonment rates of Māori, and...

How do we reduce crime? Tackle the individual and social problems that cause vulnerability to offending, remove procedural delays in the courts, eliminate the rehabilitation programme “lottery” depending on where an offender lives, and replace the punishment model with a reparative one. So says this final report on criminal justice,...

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 we are to improve, we need to develop alternative trial, sentencing, and rehab programmes that address the issues in people’s histories...

Talk of the housing crisis is constant and everywhere. For Pacific families, they are bearing the brunt of the housing crisis. Right across the Housing Continuum, from homelessness through to home ownership, Pasifika are over-represented in homelessness, emergency housing and renting, and massively under-represented in home ownership. This Discussion Paper...

Debt collection and repossession is a challenging area for people in debt and who cannot afford to repay these debts back. This Discussion Paper from the SPPU explores debt collection, repossession and other debt recovery processes and policies in Aotearoa. The Paper then ends with some key policy recommendations, including...