Nan is passionate about protecting, evidencing and growing the space to be Māori in Aotearoa
Nan specialises in evaluation with a focus on Māori – whānau, hapū, iwi, and Māori organisations and communities. Nan’s practice is characterised by the use of Kaupapa Māori, tikanga Māori and developmental evaluation. Nan has an unerring focus on outcomes for Māori. By bringing the voices of Māori to government and funders and a critical analysis perspective, she offers insight into what works for Māori and what needs to change.
Nan has more than 25 years experience in designing, leading and managing evaluations. She builds teams tailored to the programme, kaupapa and community contexts. She has an extensive track record in policy and programme evaluation, the use of mixed methods and applying systems thinking. She supports individuals, teams and organisations to build their evaluation capacity, providing mentoring and bespoke training in evaluation specific tools and methodologies. She supports organisations to commission and implement their evaluation and to report their findings.
Nan is an internationally leading Māori evaluator. In 2021 she was inducted as a Fellow of the Australian Evaluation Society and has twice been awarded the Australasian Evaluation Society Policy and Systems Award (2013 and 2000). She has keynoted on Kaupapa Māori and Indigenous Evaluation in Canada (2018), New Zealand (2015), Australia (2014), South Africa (2011) and Germany (2011). With Michael Quinn Patton and Kate McKegg, Nan co-edited Developmental evaluation exemplars: Principles in practice (2015).
Examples of Nan's work and writing:
2025
Wehipeihana, N. and Poutama, M. (2025). Understanding Homelessness: Wāhine Māori Experiences of Rough Sleeping in Wellington City and their Safety Needs. Wellington: Wellington City Council.
2024
Wehipeihana, N., & Heke, P. (2024). Where are the Māori audiences? Qualitative research with Māori. Wellington: Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho
Carlsen, J., Matika, C., & Wehipeihana. Where are the Māori audiences? Qualitative and Quantitative research with Māori. Wellington: Irirangi Te Motu | NZ On Air and Te Māngai Pāho
Wehipeihana, N., Sebire, K., Moselen, H, & Pipi, K. (2024). Tūārai: A Tairāwhiti iwi and hapū-led Kaupapa Māori approach to primary prevention and wellbeing. Phase 3 Summative Evaluation.
2023
Scully, B., Sebire, K.W., Wehipeihana, N., Spee, K. (2022). Rongoā: Summary of Māori feedback on the inclusion of rongoā in the Therapeutic Products Bill (201-4) to the Ministry of Health. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
Sebire, K., Wehipeihana, N., Spee, K., Sullivan, C. & Taufa, S. (2023). Evaluation of the Oral Health Toothbrush and Toothpaste Initiative. Phase 1 Implementation Final Report. Wellington: Te Whatu Ora.
2022
Wehipeihana, N., Pipi, K., Moselen, H., & Sebire, K. (2022). Tūārai- A holistic Tairāwhiti Iwi approach to injury prevention and wellbeing. Phase 2 summary evaluation report. Gisborne: Tūārai, Local Leadership Group.
D. Goodwin, et al. (2022), Māori perspectives of Intensive Response: Developmental evaluation. Wellington, New Zealand: Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children.
McKegg, K., Wehipeihana, N., & Faulkner, E. (2022). The value and uniqueness of the Whanganui Learning Centre: An evaluative perspective. Whanganui: Whanganui Learning Centre.
Field, A., Bateman, A., Wehipeihana, N., Sebire, K., Spee, K., Garden E., Moss, M., & Wypych, A. (2022). Delta Response Rapid Review. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
Field, A., Cram, A., Garden, E., Hollis, M., McKegg, K., Moss, M., Scarth, B., Wehipeihana, N., Were, L., & Wypych, A. (2022). Community-Led Development Programme Evaluation. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs.
Wehipeihana N, Spee K and Sebire KW. (2022). Review of the Ministry of Health-funded Rongoa Sector. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
2021
Wehipeihana, N., Sebire, K., Spee, K., & Oakden, J. (2021). Evaluation of the Māori Influenza and Measles Vaccination Programme: In Pursuit of Māori Health Equity. Wellington: Ministry of Health
Wehipeihana, N., Pipi, K., Moselen, H., & Sebire, K. (2021). “Kia Puāwai te Mauri” Tūārai - A holistic Tairāwhiti Iwi approach to injury prevention and wellbeing. Phase two evaluation report. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited.
Paulin, J., Moss, M., Akroyd, S., Field, A., & Wehipeihana, N. (2021). Formative and Short term Outcome Evaluation of the Porirua District Court Young Adult List Court Initiative Iti rearea teitei kahikatea ka taea. Wellington: Ministry of Justice.
Wehipeihana, N. (2021) Understanding Māori engagement preferences. Qualitative research for for Te Papa Tongarewa. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited
2020
Wehipeihana, N., Sebire, K., Spee, K., & Oakden, J. (2020). More than just a jab. Evaluation of the Māori influenza vaccination programme as part of the COVID-19 Māori health response. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
Sebire, K. W., & Wehipeihana, N. (2020). “Connections, Fun and Knowledge”: Evaluation of Borderless’ Digital Storytelling Workshops Pilot. Auckland: Borderless
Wehipeihana, N. (2020). A Decade of Development: Five Years in Review. Evaluation of Te Kawai Toro. A report prepared for Te Kawai Toro the Māori Development subcommittee of the J.R. McKenzie Trust. Wellington: J R McKenzie Trust
2019
Wehipeihana, N., & Frykberg, K. (2019) Going from a good to great funder. A distillation of feedback from J R McKenzie ngā Kaikōkiri (grantees). A report prepared for the J. R. McKenzie Trust.
Matheson, A., Walton, M., Gray, R., Wehipeihana, N., & Wistow, J. (2019). Strengthening prevention in communities through systems change: lessons from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ. Health Promotion International. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz092
Wehipeihana, N. (2019). What’s working for Māori. A Kaupapa Māori perspective on the responsiveness of the Integrated Safety Response Pilot to Māori - Synthesis Evaluation Report. Ministry of Justice: Wellington.
Mossman, E., Wehipeihana, N., & Bealing, M. (2019). Evaluation of the family violence Integrated Safety Response pilot: Ministry of Justice: Wellington.
Wehipeihana, N., Paipa, K., & Smith, R. (2019). Evaluation of the Retention Pilot Programmes for Māori Medium Beginning Teachers. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
2018
Wehipeihana, N., Were, L., Goodwin, D., Pipi, K. (2018). Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A developmental evaluation of the phase two demonstration project. Evaluation Report. Wellington, Ministry of Health
Matheson, A., Walton, M., Gray, R., Lindberg, K., Shanthankumar, M., Wehipeihana, N. (2018) Summative Evaluation Report: Healthy Families NZ. Massey University Evaluation Team. Wellington; Ministry of Health.
Matheson, A., Walton, M., Gray, R., Lindberg, K., Shanthakumar, M., Fyfe, C., Wehipeihana, N., & Borman, B. (2018). Evaluating a community-based public health intervention using a complex systems approach. Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England), 40(3), 606–613. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx117
Paulin, J., Mossman, E., Wehipeihana, N., Lennan, M., Kaiwai, H., Carswell, S with
Lynn, R and Gauper, E. (2018). An Evaluation of the Ministry of Justice-funded Domestic Violence Programmes. Wellington: Ministry of Justice
Wehipeihana, N., & Spee, K. (2018). Māori Agribusiness: Pathway to Increased Productivity: Programme Evaluation. Report prepared for the Ministry for Primary Industries. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited
Wehipeihana, N., & McKegg, K. (2018). Values and Culture in Evaluative Thinking: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand New Directions for Evaluation, 2018 (158):93-107. 10.1002/ev.20320.
Up to 2017
Wehipeihana, N., Spee K., & Ackroyd, S. (2017). Without Notice Applications in the Family Court A research report prepared for the Ministry of Justice. Wellington: Ministry of Justice
Mossman, E., Paulin, J., & Wehipeihana, N. (2017). Evaluation of the family violence Integrated Safety Response pilot Final report. Wellington: Superu.
Wehipeihana, N., Were, L., Akroyd, S., & Lanumata, T. (2016). Formative Evaluation of the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency Model. An Independent Evaluation Report. Wellington: Te Puni Kōkiri.
Akroyd, S., Paulin, J., Paipa, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2016). Iwi Panels: An evaluation of their implementation at Hutt Valley, Gisborne and Manukau 2014 to 2015. Wellington: Ministry of Justice.
McKegg, K., Wehipeihana, N., & Pipi, K. (2016). The Evaluation Capacity Building Project, Developing an evaluation capacity assessment tool and process for New Zealand NGOs. Wellington: Superu.
Kinnect Group & Foundation North (2016). What have we learned about Māori and Pacific educational success? Foundation North’s Māori and Pacific Education Initiative. Auckland: Foundation North.
Kinnect Group & Foundation North (2016). What have we learned about evaluating high-engagement funding? Foundation North’s Māori and Pacific Education Initiative. Auckland: Foundation North.
Kinnect Group & Foundation North (2016). What have we learned about evaluating high engagement funding with Māori and Pacific? Foundation North’s Māori and Pacific Education Initiative. Auckland: Foundation North.
Bevan, M., & Wehipeihana, N. (2015). Women's Experiences of Reoffending and Rehabilitation. Wellington: Department of Corrections
Mossman, E., Kingi, V., & Wehipeihana, N. (2015). An Outcome Evaluation of Police Safety Orders. Wellington, NZ Police
Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2015). Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice. New York: Guilford Press
Wehipeihana, N., McKegg, K., Thompson, V., & Pipi, K. (2015). Cultural Responsiveness through Developmental Evaluation: Indigenous Innovations in Sport and Traditional Māori Recreation. In Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (Eds.), Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice (pp. 25-44). New York: Guilford Press.
McKegg, K., Wehipeihana, N., Becroft, M., & Gill, J. (2015). Developmental Evaluation’s Role in Supporting Community-Led Solutions for Māori and Pacific Young People’s Educational Success: The ASB Community Trust Māori and Pacific Education Initiative. In Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (Eds.), Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice (pp. 125-142). New York: Guilford Press.
Cram, F., Kennedy, V., Paipa, K., Pipi, K. & Wehipeihana, N. (2015). Being culturally responsive through Kaupapa Māori evaluation. In S. Hood, R. Hopson & H. Frierson (Eds.), Continuing the journey to reposition culture and cultural context in evaluation theory and practice. For the Evaluation and Society Book Series. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. pp.289-312.
Wehipeihana, N., Kennedy, V., Pipi, K., & Paipa, K. (2014). Hinerauwhāriki: The Collective Higher Education Experiences of Four Māori Women in F, Cram, Phillips, H, Sauni, P, & Tuagalu, C (Ed). Mori and Pasifika Higher Education Horizons (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.291-313
Sauni, P., Wehipeihana, N., Paipa, K., & Tuagalu, C. (2014). Pacific Trust Canterbury: Whānau Ora Final Action Research Report.
Wehipeihana, N., Bailey, R., Davidson, E.J., & McKegg, K. (2014). Evaluator Competencies: The Aotearoa New Zealand Experience, The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation 28 (3), 49-69.
Oakden, J., & Wehipeihana, N. (2014). Māori Agribusiness Prototype projects: Final Evaluation. Wellington: Ministry for Primary Industries.
Mossman, E., Kingi, V., & Wehipeihana, N. (2013). An Outcome Evaluation of Police Safety Orders. Wellington: New Zealand Police
King, J., McKegg, K., Oakden & Wehipeihana, N. (2013). Evaluative Rubrics: a Method for Surfacing Values and Improving the Credibility of Evaluation, Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, 9 (21), 11-20.
Wehipeihana, N., Pipi, K., Kennedy, V., & Paipa, K. (2013). Hinerauwhāriki: Tapestries of Life for Four Māori Women in Evaluation, in Indigenous Pathways into Social Research: Voices of a New Generation, Mertens, D. M. Cram, F & Chilisa, B. (eds). Walnut Hills, CA: Left Coast Press.
McKegg, K., Wehipeihana N., Pipi, K., & Thompson, V. (2012). He Oranga Poutama – What we have learned? A report on the developmental evaluation of He Oranga Poutama. Wellington, Sport New Zealand.
Wehipeihana, N. (2012). Evaluation of the Whānau Integration, Innovation and Engagement Fund: Developmental Evaluation Report prepared for Te Puni Kōkiri. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited.
Wehipeihana, N. (2012). Evaluation of NCEA and the Whānau prepared for NZQA. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy Limited.
Wehipeihana, N., Oakden, J., Spee, K., Cram, F., Pipi, K., & Porima, L. (2011). Evaluation of the Māori Oral Health Providers project. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Health.
Cram, F., Oakden, J. & Wehipeihana, N. (2010). Future directions for a Māori dental therapy workforce. Wellington: Ministry of Health.
Wehipeihana, N., Davidson, J., McKegg, K., and Shankar, V. What Does it Take to do Evaluation in Communities and Cultural Contexts Other Than Our Own? Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010 (6)13:182-192.
Takao, N., Grenell, D., McKegg, K. and Wehipeihana, N. (2010) Te Piko o Te Māhuri, The Key Attributes of Successful Kura Kaupapa Māori. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Wehipeihana, N., & Oakden, J. (2010). Rangiātea: Hastings Boy’s High School case study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Wehipeihana, N., & Oakden, J. (2010). Rangiātea: Hastings Boy’s High School exemplar. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Oakden, J., Pipi, K., Spee, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2010). Rangiātea: Western Springs College case study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Oakden, J., Pipi, K., Spee, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2010). Rangiātea: Western Springs College exemplar. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Oakden, J., Pipi, K., Spee, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2010). Rangiātea: Kakapo* College case study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Oakden, J., Pipi, K., Spee, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2010). Rangiātea: Kakapo* College: exemplar. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Spee, K., Oakden, J., Wehipeihana, N., & Pipi, K. (2010). Rangiātea: Hamilton Girl’s High School case study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Spee, K., Oakden, J., Wehipeihana, N., & Pipi, K. (2010). Rangiātea: Hamilton Girl’s High School exemplar. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Spee, K., Oakden, J., Wehipeihana, N., & Pipi, K. (2010). Rangiātea: Opotiki College case study. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Spee, K., Oakden, J., Wehipeihana, N., & Pipi, K. (2010). Rangiātea: Opotiki College exemplar. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Education.
Kennedy, V., Cram, F. & Wehipeihana, N. (2008). A scoping report to inform a final evaluation of the Child Youth & Family Iwi and Māori Provider Development Fund. Wellington: Research Evaluation Consultancy
Cram, F. & Wehipeihana, N. (2007). Capacity Assessment Workbook (2nd Ed). Māori and Iwi providers of CYF social services. Wellington: REC Ltd.
Kennedy, V. & Wehipeihana, N. (2006). A stock take of national and international ethical guidelines on health and disability research in relation to Indigenous People. Research Report prepared for the National Ethnics Advisory Committee
Cram, F., Wehipeihana, N. & Kennedy, V. (2004). Performance based provider development. Appendix to the Iwi and Māori Workforce Development Fund Evaluation. Research report prepared for the Department of Children, Young Persons and Families.
