Since Wave 1 in 2016, Ihi Research has independently evaluated each round of Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu's Whānau Ora Wave commissioning. This final impact report draws together insights from 18 Waves of direct whānau commissioning and synthesises 15independent evaluations to document the social and economic value of the funded initiatives over nearly a decade of continuous evaluation.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 18 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

This evaluation marks the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu, formed in March 2014 as a legal partnership to reflect the aspirations of Te Waipounamu iwi for Whānau Ora

Tai Neke Tai Ora is a contestable fund commissioned by Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu that has evolved from a previous strategy ‘Navigator Tinana’. Navigator Tinana was established in 2017 from Te Puni Kōkiri strategy “Moving the Māori Nation”.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 16 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 13 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 12 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

The purpose of this report is to explore the role kai (food) plays in the lives of whānau across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Tū Pono: Te Mana Kaha ō te Whānau (Tū Pono), is a flax roots Te Waipounamu movement to effect change so that whānau can live healthy lives free of violence.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 11 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

A key strategic response from Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu to the COVID – 19 lockdown was to create an emergency fund (the Puna Fund) to provide direct and immediate support for whānau in need of kai, power or firewood.

The purpose of this support was to lessen the direct impacts of COVID-19 by assisting whānau to navigate the challenges of lockdown and the ongoing effects of the global pandemic on the community.

The RUIA fund is a youth initiative that was created to support rangatahi wellbeing, intergenerational leadership, succession planning and cultural development.

Mokopuna Ora activities aim to provide outcomes for whānau through targeted investment.

This evaluation focusses on the Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu Wave 10 commissioning process and outcomes for whānau.

Despite the dire predictions for Māori rates of COVID-19 infection, Māori had remarkably low rates of COVID-19 infection.

This evaluation focused on the ninth wave of commissioning involving 23 whānau-led initiatives contracted in August 2019.

Navigator Tinana is a strategy to implement the Moving the Māori Nation Framework, a Te Puni Kōkiri initiative to promote Whānau Ora through whakapakari tinana.

Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu is a partnership of the nine iwi of Te Waipounamu, supported by Te Taumata, which oversees the kaupapa of Whānau Ora. Over the past five years, its commissioning model has funded more than 200 grassroots whānau initiatives across nine funding waves.

This evaluation focuses on the eighth wave of commissioning involving 29 whānau-led initiatives contracted in November 2018.