Publications

Printed copies of most of these publications are available on request.

• Briefing to the Incoming Minister for the Community & Voluntary Sector  (2008)
• The New Zealand Non-profit Sector in Comparative Perspective (August 2008) - PDF - 438kb
• The History of the Non-profit Sector in New Zealand (August 2008) - PDF - 313kb
• Government Support for Volunteering 2002-2008 report to Cabinet (June 2008) - PDF - 702kb
• How Do New Zealanders Give? summary report (June 2008) - PDF - 315kb
• How Do NZers Give? supplement: The impact ethnicity and income has on giving (June 2009)
• Mahi Aroha: Māori Perspectives on Volunteering and Cultural Obligations (April 2007) - PDF - 892kb
• Defining the NonProfit Sector: New Zealand - John Hopkins University working paper number 45 published as part of the Study of the NZ Non-Profit Sector 
  (September 2006) - Word - 971kb | PDF - 515kb
• He Waka Kotuia: Joining together on a Shared Journey (August 2002) - PDF - 150kb
• Communities and Government: Potential for Partnership Whakatopu Whakaaro (April 2001)
  Read the summary report - PDF - 273kb
  Read the full report - PDF - 627kb
• Volunteering and Ethnic Communities - A Dialogue with Ethnic Communities published by the NZ Federation of Ethnic Councils (November 2004)
  - Word - 41kb | PDF - 104kb

• Investing in Communities of Interest: Building engagement to maximise opportunities for all - presentation to SPRE Conference (April 2007).
  » Contact Hugh Lawrence (ocvs@msd.govt.nz) for a copy of this paper. 
• Community-Government partnering to support volunteering in New Zealand - paper presented by Kat Paton of OCVS at IAVE conference (2006) - Word - 66kb
• Volunteers and Volunteering Policy Project Cabinet Paper One: Recognition and Valuing of Volunteering (Dec 2002) PDF - 258kb
• Volunteers and Volunteering Policy Project Cabinet Paper Two: Key Issues Impacting on Volunteering (Dec 2002) PDF - 276kb
• Volunteering and Tangata Whenua (Māori) (Dec 2002)- Word - 61kb | PDF - 136kb
• Volunteering and Pacific Peoples ((Dec 2002) - Word - 99kb | PDF - 131kb
• Volunteering and Ethnic Peoples in New Zealand (Dec 2002) - Word - 41kb | PDF- 127kb

The OCVS produces an electronic e-newsletter periodically (approx every 6 weeks).  This e-news includes updates on OCVS activities as well as news, publications and events relevant to the community and government sectors.

» Read the latest OCVS e-news.

If you wish to be added to the OCVS distribution list for this e-newsletter and other regular communications, send an email to: ocvs@msd.govt.nz with your name and postal address.

A printed newsletter called OCVS News was produced until mid-2007, when the Ministry of Social Development introduced a new flagship publication called Rise magazine.

Back issues of the print version of OCVS News are available below:

2007 - OCVS News

• June - Word - 221kb | PDF - 247kb
• April - Word - 219kb | PDF - 268kb

2006 - OCVS News

• December - Word - 616kb | PDF - 369kb
• October - Word - 242kb | PDF - 229kb
• August - Word - 277kb | PDF - 435kb
• June - Word - 290kb | PDF - 203kb
• April - Word - 302kb | PDF - 310kb

2005 - OCVS News

• December - Word - 337kb | PDF - 412kb
• October - Word - 299kb | PDF - 192kb
• August - Word - 210kb | PDF - 122kb
• June - Word - 210kb | PDF - 125kb
• April - Word - 224kb | PDF - 145kb

2004 - OCVS News

• December -Word - 520kb | PDF - 281kb
• October - Word - 240kb | PDF - 217kb
• August - Word - 443kb | PDF - 151kb
• June - Word - 326kb | PDF - 185kb
• April - Word - 430kb | PDF - 285kb

2003 - OCVS News

• December - Word - 128kb | PDF - 217kb
• October - Word - 89kb | PDF - 223kb