Lay summary
We must be able to feel confident about evidencing our own health outcomes from a Māori worldview that are clearly understood and well represented by whānau, hapū, and iwi, while demonstrating key deliverables and impacts to our funders. There are limited Māori evaluators and researchers in the Far North. Te Hiku Rangahau will seek to strengthen the capacity and capability of Māori in the Far North (Te Hiku o te Ika) who are working in health and social services with the appropriate skills and knowledge in the basic foundations of evaluation and research.