Events

Held in Wellington at the Amora Hotel, the conference will focus on “Rethinking social profit sector strategies and management” and look at governance, funding and financial management within the Not For Profit sector. A free networking evening precedes the conference. This includes a panel discussions on the future on the sector in New Zealand.

PANZ is a professional association that incorporates a wide range of interests in relation to the study and understanding of population issues, in New Zealand and globally. The 2011 biennial PANZ Conference will be held at the University of Auckland School of Engineering. The theme is ‘New Zealand’s Demographic Futures: Where to from here?’ Papers and workshops will cover the significant demographic, economic and social changes happening in New Zealand. Abstracts can now be submitted online, with registrations likely to open in September.

Statistics New Zealand has been developing new methods to overcome the difficulties with using administrative data for producing population estimates. The new methods allow information to be extracted from administrative data in a systematic and efficient way. John Bryant, a Senior Researcher at Statistics New Zealand will give a non-technical overview of these methods and look at some applications, including simulations of how changes to the census would affect the accuracy of population estimates. To be held from 2.00 - 4.00pm at the Terrace Conference Centre 114 The Terrace, Wellington. To register complete the online form by 25 Nov 2011.

Philip Walker and Scott Ussher from Statistics New Zealand will outline some of the cross-domain analysis being conducted on data from The New Zealand General Social Survey 2010. This seminar will also provide an update on plans for the future development of NZGSS. To be held from 2.00 - 3.30pm at the Terrace Conference Centre, Level 4, St John House, 114 The Terrace, Wellington. Please register online by 28 November 2011.

Dr Rosemary Goodyear will present how crowding has changed since 1921 (as calculated through the People Per Room Measure) for both Maori and total population, then focus on patterns of crowding in recent censuses. Factors examined include the ethnic distribution of crowding as well as housing affordability and household size and composition. To be held at 2.00 – 3.00pm at the Terrace Conference Centre, St John House, 114 The Terrace, Wellington. Please register online by 5 December 2011.

This practical and interactive workshop follows an real-life example through the DOME cyclical approach. The workshop develops participant’s understanding and skills for using this approach to effectively plan, monitor, measure, and evaluate a policy or programme's progress and impact. Participants will learn how to develop a comprehensive and accurate assessment of the impact of a policy or programme. The workshop will be held at the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, 50 Customhouse Quay, Wellington. Register online.

The NZSSN Summer programme is designed to serve a wide variety of needs for training and professional development within the academic, public and private sectors. Courses cater to researchers in the social and political sciences, as well as those in medical and health sciences, epidemiology, policy research, education, economics, law, management, marketing, public relations and human resource management. The courses are delivered by highly qualified instructors and previous courses have received outstanding reviews. There are seventeen courses, ranging from two to five days. They are all held at Victoria University of Wellington’s School of Government. See the website for individual course details.