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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Developing a Kaupapa Māori Framework for Whānau Ora

Te Korowai has been developed from seven interconnecting themes raised by hui with kaumatua and represents the concepts and practicalities of Whānau ora. Te Korowai looks at the individual while…

Posted on 22 November 2012 |

Marae based Whānau Ora PATH Planning

A presentation by Kataraina Pipi and Kim Whaanga-Kipa about the marae based Whānau Ora PATH Planning

Posted on 22 November 2012 |

Tipping the balance: An analysis of the impact of the Working for Families Policy on Māori Whānau.

NZ’s Working for Families (WFF) policy introduced in 2004 aimed to address, amongst other things, the poverty faced by low-income working families. While WFF has been evaluated, little evidence exists…

Posted on 22 November 2012 |

Facilitating domestic violence programmes: Listening to voices from the field.

Relationship Services Whakawhanaungatanga (now Relationships Aotearoa) undertook an evaluation of 15 years of domestic violence programme facilitation. Ideas were gathered from experienced facilitators, client evaluation forms were analysed and Māori…

Posted on 22 November 2012 |

Implementing Working for Families: the impact of the policy on selected Māori whānau

This paper presents an analysis of the qualitative data collected for a study investigating the effect of the Working for Families policy on Māori families’ self-reported whānau ora (family wellbeing).…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Takitini: A collective approach to Whānau Ora action research

Takitini: A collective approach to Whānau Ora action research presented at the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association Conference (anzea), Hamilton, 9 July 2012. This presentation reflects on the emergent ‘learnings’…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Kia Rite Kia Ora – Pilot Programme Evaluation What have we learned?

A powerpoint presentation on Kia Rite Kia Ora (2012) is a pilot whanau ora health intervention. This powerpoint summarises some of the results.

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Reducing Inequalities: Analysing the Effect of Government Policy on Whānau Ora

The research discussed in this report to the Health Research Council (HRC) was commenced in February 2009 and completed in February 2012. Whakauae Research for Māori Health and Development (WRMHD)…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Making Work Pay: Policymakers Perspectives on ‘Working for Families’

The paper focuses on preliminary analysis of the first set of data collected, namely key informant interviews conducted with policy makers involved in the development of the Working for Families…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Doing Action Research – Key learning and emerging principles CEDAR

In this paper we discuss our experiences in doing action research and share some methodological insights with other practitioners. The aim is to promote knowledge flows both within the public…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

Factors that help or hinder Community Economic Development.

The purpose of this paper is to look back over the three years of Community Economic Development Action Research (CEDAR) project and share some of the learnings with policy makers…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |

PATH Planning Tool – Presentation to the Whānau Ora Hui – Sharing the Learning

This presentation provides an overview of the PATH planning tool, its use in Aotearoa over the past ten years, with individuals, whānau, organisations and businesses. The current and potential use…

Posted on 20 November 2012 |