From left: Maaki Tuatini, Lisa Warner, Dr Amohia Boulton, Sharon Clarke, Roberta Williams, Rachel McClintock
Whakauae's Dr Amohia Boulton and Lynley Cvitanovic recently took part in the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association's (ANZEA) 2016 national conference held in Wellington from 18-21 July 2016. The theme of this year's conference was 'Next generation evaluation: Shaping better futures in Aotearoa New Zealand' with presenters being encouraged to share their work in the context of changing evaluation landscapes across diverse and pluralist communities.
Dr Amohia Boulton, Gill Potaka-Osborne and Lynley Cvitanovic contributed to the preparation of two presentation abstracts submitted to the organisers for inclusion in the conference programme; 'Feeding the fires of occupation: Using evaluation to build capacity in a marae space' and ‘Principles for the Future? The STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies (STEPS) in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand' Project. Both abstracts were accepted.
On the opening day of the conference Whakauae joined with Indigenous Australian colleagues Lisa Warner and Sharon Clarke, along with Associate Professor Margaret Cargo (University of South Australia), to present the work carried out to date on the STEPS Project. Later in the conference programme we co-presented 'Feeding the fires of occupation: Using evaluation to build capacity in a marae space' with Maaki Tuatini and Roberta Williams.
This second presentation explored the evaluation of Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa, an innovative project developed in partnership by the Raetihi Pah and Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority (Whanganui) and funded by the Ministry of Health. Gill Potaka-Osborne is leading the evaluation of the project working alongside project kaimahi Maaki Tuatini and Roberta Williams.
Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa is based on the marae and aims to strengthen the health and wellbeing of the whānau of Raetihi Pah - those who maintain the ahi kaa. The project kaimahi described the work of Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa to conference participants highlighting the importance of using the marae setting to bring whānau together. Gill Potaka-Osborne has been working closely with the project kaimahi to collect evaluation data using a range of methods that ‘work' for the kaimahi and whānau including muralling, narrative inquiry and story-telling. Some of these methods, along with early evaluation findings, were presented at the conference.
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From left: Maaki Tuatini, Lisa Warner, Dr Amohia Boulton, Sharon Clarke, Roberta Williams, Rachel McClintock
Whakauae's Dr Amohia Boulton and Lynley Cvitanovic recently took part in the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association's (ANZEA) 2016 national conference held in Wellington from 18-21 July 2016. The theme of this year's conference was 'Next generation evaluation: Shaping better futures in Aotearoa New Zealand' with presenters being encouraged to share their work in the context of changing evaluation landscapes across diverse and pluralist communities.
Dr Amohia Boulton, Gill Potaka-Osborne and Lynley Cvitanovic contributed to the preparation of two presentation abstracts submitted to the organisers for inclusion in the conference programme; 'Feeding the fires of occupation: Using evaluation to build capacity in a marae space' and ‘Principles for the Future? The STrengthening Evaluation Practices and Strategies (STEPS) in Indigenous settings in Australia and New Zealand' Project. Both abstracts were accepted.
On the opening day of the conference Whakauae joined with Indigenous Australian colleagues Lisa Warner and Sharon Clarke, along with Associate Professor Margaret Cargo (University of South Australia), to present the work carried out to date on the STEPS Project. Later in the conference programme we co-presented 'Feeding the fires of occupation: Using evaluation to build capacity in a marae space' with Maaki Tuatini and Roberta Williams.
This second presentation explored the evaluation of Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa, an innovative project developed in partnership by the Raetihi Pah and Te Oranganui Iwi Health Authority (Whanganui) and funded by the Ministry of Health. Gill Potaka-Osborne is leading the evaluation of the project working alongside project kaimahi Maaki Tuatini and Roberta Williams.
Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa is based on the marae and aims to strengthen the health and wellbeing of the whānau of Raetihi Pah - those who maintain the ahi kaa. The project kaimahi described the work of Te Puawai o te Ahi Kaa to conference participants highlighting the importance of using the marae setting to bring whānau together. Gill Potaka-Osborne has been working closely with the project kaimahi to collect evaluation data using a range of methods that ‘work' for the kaimahi and whānau including muralling, narrative inquiry and story-telling. Some of these methods, along with early evaluation findings, were presented at the conference.
