Overview

Purpose

Stage One

Stage Two

Stage Three

Stage Four

Maori Intermediary (MI)

What and who is this resource for?

Stage Four: Monitoring and Evaluation

An important part of the process is the monitoring and evaluation of benefits to Māori. This reflects the desire for this process to be outcome focussed with measureable outputs. The Māori Intermediary(s) could assist with the monitoring and evaluation process by working with iwi to provide answers to the following questions:

• Did this relationship work, if so, why? (if not, why not?)
• Did the research proposal deliver proposed outcomes and benefits?
• Was there an increase in basic knowledge by each of the parties?
• What steps are needed to fill knowledge gaps?
• What other benefits and costs were incurred?

Ideally, these benefits should be more than just the outcomes of the research and include any unanticipated strategic benefits, social (eg. scientists have become more comfortable with Māori values and language, improved knowledge of Western science by Māori), joint ventures, improvements in relationship status between the two parties, new opportunities for either or both arising from a relationship. The purpose of asking such questions at the evaluation stage will help to measure outputs and refine the process in future. Such a process need not be time-bound, and evaluations could be undertaken at several time points, the frequency dependent partly on the research project, and partly on hapu/iwi perspective.