RESEARCH


WHAT WE KNOW

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Tāngata Whaikaha in Tech

  • 1 January 2025

Historically, New Zealand’s technology workforce has been mainly male, of European or Asian descent, and non-disabled. However, tāngata whaikaha (disabled people) have a role to play here, not only by contributing to a better-equipped workforce; greater participation of tāngata whaikaha can lead to increased business success while improving economic outcomes for whaikaha households.

Youth Survey Report 2024 Australia

  • 1 November 2024

Mission Australia’s Youth Survey 2024 paints a nuanced picture of today’s young people. Cost of living has emerged as the top national concern according to young people, more than doubling in the past two years.

Let's Level Up: Unlock the power of inclusivity and discover the potential of the disabled workforce

  • 1 November 2024

This groundbreaking research reveals the hidden potential of Aotearoa New Zealand’s disabled workforce. Commissioned from All is for All by Waihanga Ara Rau and Hanga-Aro-Rau, Let’s level up delivers crucial insights for employers looking to boost productivity and foster inclusivity in the construction, infrastructure, manufacturing, engineering, and logistics sectors.

State of Pacific Peoples

  • 31 October 2024

The Salvation Army's, The State of Pacific Peoples report, provides a 10-year update on Pacific communities in New Zealand, building on previous reports. This report attempts to piece together the complex social issues facing Pacific communities, highlighting that these issues are all interrelated.

Empowering Our Youth Part II: Careers leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand secondary schools

  • 1 October 2024

Following the successful launch of the Education Partnership & Innovation Trust (EPIT) report Empowering Our Youth by Dr Lynette Reid in August 2023, EPIT decided that in order to build on the South Auckland-focused research, a nationwide view was needed.

State of Child Health Report

  • 1 September 2024

Cure Kids’ fourth State of Child Health Report emphasises the need for urgent action to address worsening health outcomes for tamariki and rangatahi in Aotearoa.

Woven Together: Tiriti as a Pathway to Social Cohesion

  • 1 September 2024

This timely report explores the state of social cohesion in Aotearoa and Te Tiriti o Waitangi as a pathway to social cohesion, international lessons, and concrete actions for funders and others to strengthen social cohesion. Key recommendations include: - Funding Te Tiriti education - Supporting evidence-based messaging - Enabling campaigning and organizing - Facilitating collective action.

Future Labour Market Prospects for NEETs in Australia

  • 7 August 2024

Using data from the Australian Census Longitudinal Dataset, this study shows that a spell of NEET at ages 15-24 years is significantly associated with reduced full-time employment prospects and increased risks of being out of the labour force at ages 25-34 years. Even if NEETs find a job later in life, they are more likely to end up in low-skilled occupations.

Employable me: Australian higher education and the employability agenda

  • 22 April 2024

This paper reports the strategic plans of Australia’s 42 operating universities to better understand the extent to which employability was embedded in each university’s strategic priorities and the ways in which employability was characterised in those plans. Our analysis suggests the need for Australian universities to take a more thoughtful and nuanced approach to graduate employability.

Annual Report on Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy and Child Poverty

  • 11 April 2024

The Annual Report sets out the progress towards the outcomes of the Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy and on the CPRIs, and looks at changes in the Strategy outcomes for children and young people, from 2019/20, when the first Annual Report was produced, to 2022/23.

Career guidance, social inequality and social mobility: Insights from international data

  • 21 March 2024

This policy brief draws on evidence from the OECD Career Readiness project to explore the following questions: • How does socio-economic status shape the career development of young people? • How can schools challenge social inequality and enhance social mobility through guidance interventions?

Meeting the mental health needs of young New Zealanders

  • 15 February 2024

A more youth-focused, integrated, and coherent system of care is required to meet young people's mental health needs, says the Auditor-General in a new report.

Let's Get Accessible

  • 1 February 2024

Let’s Get Accessible: Disabled students’ experiences navigating the tertiary education system is a collaborative project between the Ministry of Education, National Disabled Students Association, Tertiary Education Commission, and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. The project gathered qualitative data on the lived experiences of disabled students in tertiary education.

TaiOHI Insights Report

  • 1 December 2023

In this report, we look at the past five years of data, and build on the themes of previous reports. Unfortunately, this five-year snapshot shows almost no shift in the experiences of exclusion and disadvantage in Aotearoa, with high rates continuing for some communities. While this paints a picture at the national level, more granular data is available providing deeper insights and green shoots.

Barriers to Diversity in the Aotearoa Tech Sector

  • 1 December 2023

This research report outlines the challenges underrepresented communities face in accessing careers and education in New Zealand’s tech sector. These include a lack of digital access for homes facing socioeconomic challenges, biased academic counselling, and a widespread lack of awareness within the tech industry of tāngata whaikaha and culturally specific needs.

Work Integrated Learning in Schools

  • 1 November 2023

From May – Nov 2023, ImpactLab partnered with the Ministry of Education to better understand the value of schools supporting students to positively transition from education to employment through Work Integrated Learning programmes.

Empowering our Youth: Career processes, strategies, and practices that enable successful career transitions by Dr Lynette Reid.

  • 1 August 2023

This report investigates approaches being taken in a selection of secondary schools in South Auckland. It offers valuable insights into the strategies employed by careers advisors to empower and equip students with the tools necessary for making informed decisions about their post-school pathways. It shows that structured, funded and well-supported programmes are clearly having positive impact.

Preparing all Young People for Satisfying and Rewarding Working Lives

  • 1 January 2023

This briefing identifies opportunities to improve education and employment system responses to support better employment outcomes for all young people in the medium- and long-term.

Transitions from Secondary School

  • 1 August 2022

Transitions from Secondary School is a foundational piece of research about one of the key groups served by the TEC. It provides a deep and rich understanding of how school leavers decide what to do when they leave school.

The Architect of my Future

  • 1 September 2021

Exploring the future of work in Aotearoa, a collaborative project with Ohu Ahumahi and Tokona te Raki, delves into vital questions about workforce transformations and their impact on vocational education.

A driver licence helps young people into employment

  • 1 September 2021

By Wendy Robertson, National Director, Driving Change Network. Statistics show, that without a licence people can become reliant on the welfare system, miss out on employment opportunities and risk ending up in the legal system due to licence breaches as they have not progressed through to their Full licence.

STEM Skills and the future of work

  • 1 September 2021

By Ying Yang, STEM Alliance Aotearoa. In September 2021, roughly 45% of jobs filled in Aotearoa were in STEM-related fields. These jobs span a diversity of work across healthcare, engineering, technology, design, computing, agriculture, and more. In fact, STEM is one of the fastest-growing areas of work. There are predicted to be many STEM jobs in the future that haven’t even been invented yet!

Evidence of non-economic indicators as markers of success for youth in youth employability programs

  • 1 November 2020

Evidence of non-economic indicators as markers of success for youth in youth employability programs: Insights from a South African study

Transitions into work for young people with complex needs

  • 1 June 2020

Transitions into work for young people with complex needs: a systematic review of UK and Ireland studies to improve employability

The New Work Standard

  • 1 June 2020

FYA’s seventh and last report in the New Work Order series, The New Work Standard, investigates what part-time, casual, self-employed and gig work – or flexible work – means for young people and their career trajectories. The report identifies the trends in flexible work for young people, including a rapidly growing gig economy, and the risks and opportunities this work presents.

Earning, learning, and access to support

  • 1 March 2020

Earning, learning, and access to support: The role of early engagement in work, employment skills development and supportive relationships in employment outcomes for vulnerable youth in New Zealand

Drawing the Future: Exploring the career aspirations of New Zealand children

  • 1 February 2020

The Tertiary Education Commission held a national survey for Drawing the Future in October 2019, where students in Years 3-to-8 were asked to draw a job they want to do when they grow up. The research format and methodology is based on the original survey conducted in the UK and adapted for the New Zealand context.

Te Matapaeroa 2019 - Looking toward the horizon: some insights into Māori in Business

  • 1 January 2020

To get a better picture of the contribution of Māori to the wider economy, Te Puni Kōkiri commissioned research on the scope of economically significant Māori-owned businesses.

Not Just About Neets

  • 1 May 2019

In late 2018, the Ministry of Education, with the support of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, commissioned an evidence review to determine how to improve interventions for young people who are likely to experience poorer than average employment over their lifetime. The resulting report proposes a broader definition of limited employment.

Post-school Labour-market Outcomes

  • 1 August 2018

Post-school labour-market outcomes of school-based NCEA report presents some basic statistics on what happens to school leavers in the first few years after school, and what difference school-based NCEA makes on post-school labour market outcomes.

Hidden Links, New Opportunities

  • 1 August 2018

You often hear that businesses struggle to find staff with the right skills; they just want people who can ‘hit the ground running’. For prospective employees to do this, they need the ability to communicate to the employer the right mix of skills, attitudes and capabilities. The employer also needs to be able to recognise, and have confidence in, the skills being offered.

Attitude Gap Report

  • 1 April 2016

A multi-agency skills and employment challenge led by the Auckland Co-Design Lab exploring the importance of work-ready youth and youth-ready employers throughout the employment journey.