Support to learn and use Te Reo in New Zealand public services : A report prepared for the Maori Language Comission Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Maori

Abstract

2016 Workplace Dynamics in New Zealand Public Services Survey An email was sent to 57,315 PSA members inviting them to participate in this survey. Further invitations to participate were included in PSA newsletters and other union communications. Participation was voluntary. Members without email access were offered alternative ways to participate. The survey was conducted by researchers from the School of Management’s Centre for Labour, Employment and Work (CLEW) and hosted online by the PSA. Ethical approval for the survey was obtained from the Pipitea Human Ethics Committee at Victoria University of Wellington. The 2016 Workplace Dynamics in New Zealand public services survey is the third in a series of surveys conducted by CLEW for the PSA. The first concerned women’s experience in the public service (Proctor-Thomson, Donnelly, & Plimmer, 2011). The second concerned men’s and women’s experiences, and organisational capabilities (Plimmer, Wilson, Bryson, Blumenfeld, Donnelly, & Ryan, 2013). This report concerns two open questions that were included in this third survey. These questions, commissioned by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, sought to determine the level and nature of support for Te Reo in government agencies. This report describes the results from these questions.