Research

As the landscape for family life changes, it is important that the regulatory and legal environment responds and remains relevant to their changing needs. We endeavour to keep abreast of best practice and we are committed to continuing our research into grandparent and whanau caring and the influence it has on our children.

GRG has commissioned three major research reports:
 

In-depth Reports Using Data from the Lotteries Funded Grandparent and Whanau Carer Survey 2016

Liz Gordon (2018) ‘My daughter is a drug addict’: grandparents caring for the children of addicted parents, Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 13:1, 39-54

Liz Gordon (2017) Experiences of grandparents raising grandchildren in getting income support from work and income offices in New Zealand, Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 12:2, 134-145

 

Research Report, October 2016

The empty nest is refilled: the joys and tribulations of raising grandchildren in Aotearoa
by Dr Liz Gordon, Pukeko Research (the findings of the Lotteries funded 2016 Grandparent and Whanau Caregiver Survey conducted by GRG and led by Pukeko Research.

Research Report, September 2009

Grandparents and Whanau/Extended Families Raising Kin Children in Aotearoa/New Zealand—A view over time.” 

• ​Executive Summary: Research Report 2009

• Media Release: Research Report: The Healing Power of Grandparents; 8 September 2009

Research Report, March 2005

Grandparents and other Relatives Raising Kin Children in Aotearoa/New Zealand.”​

• Media Release: Research Report 3 May 2005