Hosted by Mā te Rae Maori Evaluation Association Aotearoa - New Zealand

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Mā te Rae ka rangatira ai …

Connecting, Sharing, Moving forward together

We acknowledge the footsteps of those we are walking in, those who have gone before and paved the way, established relationships and opened doors within the many realms that evaluation exists. In recent years Maori evaluators have come together and mobilised to support Iwi/Maori evaluators and Iwi/Maori evaluation to progress the development of our people. In 2015 Ma te Rae - Maori Evaluation Association was established and we have the privilege of hosting our inaugural international evaluation conference to the world.

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Underpinning our Association and reflected in our name, is our whakatauki (proverb) - Ma te rae ka rangatira ai, which guides us to:

Look deep, far and wide
With clarity and a critical consciousness
Grounded in our Māori world
Seeing with our eyes, our mind, body and spirit

And it is this traditional wisdom that provides the overarching kaupapa (platform) for our conference.  
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Our Kaupapa - Themes

The Ma te Rae conference is framed by four key kaupapa/themes - our environment, our language and culture, our wellbeing and our future generations. Two critical interconnecting themes are ‘claiming the space’ (self-determination) and ‘traditional knowledge’.

Our Environment
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Reflecting on evaluations that focus on initiatives and issues impacting on the environment. What are the ways that we as indigenous evaluators are guided by our traditional knowledge in this space?

Our Language and Culture

​The revitalisation of our indigenous language and culture plays an important part in our sovereign journey. What have we learned about how to evaluate language and culture specific programmes and approaches?

Our Well-being
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What are the aspirations of our people for our collective wellbeing? What opportunities exist for us to affirm and validate indigenous wellbeing initiatives?

Our Future Generations

​How do we support evaluations of programmes and services that are aimed at our children and young people? How well equipped are we in our evaluation approaches to ensure that the legacy passed on from our ancestors will live on in the next generation?

Two critical interconnecting themes 

​How and in what ways can we draw upon traditional knowledge to guide evaluation theory and practice?

​Racism and privilege is alive and well in our communities as well as our profession. What have we done and need to do further to claim the space for our ways of knowing and being?