Matamoana has launched – Navigating success for Pacific education
Inspired by the courage and wisdom of Pacific navigation, Matamoana charts a course for empowering Pacific families and communities to support their children’s learning.This milestone reflects years of collaboration, research, and innovation. At its heart, Matamoana shows ...
Why making strong evaluative judgments matters
November 19, 2025
Effective evaluation is more than ticking boxes - it’s about making informed, transparent decisions that balance context, evidence, and values.Strong evaluative judgement is the key to assessing impact and value with confidence.Whether you work in government, business, or ...
Making a positive difference to the environment
September 5, 2025
New Zealand recovers less waste for reuse compared to many other countries. This is mainly because the country does not have enough local facilities to process waste efficiently, which limits the ability to extract more value from waste and increases dependence on landfills....
Sensemaking in Turbulent Times
May 9, 2025
Are you feeling confused and overwhelmed by the daily headlines and seismic changes occurring in our world? In their recent London School of Economics blog post "Sensemaking in Turbulent Times", Irene Guijt and Judy Oakden address the challenges change-makers face amid...
Election Access Fund Act reviewed
February 10, 2025
The Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture commissioned Pragmatica to undertake an external process evaluation of the Election Access Fund Act 2020 and Election Access Fund. The Election Access Fund Act 2020 supports disabled people to participate as candidates in general el...
A catalyst for positive change in the farming sector
November 14, 2024
Thriving Southland promotes and inspires positive change in the farming sectors.Pragmatica was recently commissioned to review and analyse the degree of support Thriving Southland has provided Southland Catchment Groups. We found that Thriving Southland’s backbone support ...
Public sector agencies and NGOs have new challenges to show how effective their programmes are. These organizations must show who benefits from their programmes and in what context. Where an evaluation has yet to be done, resource constraints mean teams may need fast methods...
Inspiring farm community led environmental action
December 7, 2023
Many New Zealand farmers are keen to understand better the environmental challenges they are experiencing on their farms and be able to respond to them. Supported by Thriving Southland through the Change and Innovation Project, many Southland farmers are highly engaged in ac...
Growing evaluation capability through mentoring
September 21, 2023
Pragmatica Director Judy Oakden has recently started leading a 2023-2024 mentoring group focussing on complexity in evaluation as part of the mentoring programme for Australian Evaluation Society (AES) members. The AES Group Mentoring Program is an innovative onli...
New perspective on public sector contracting
August 18, 2023
Commissioning and contracting to enhance service delivery: learnings from practice and theory for funders, service providers and evaluators
Many managers in the public sector are being asked to commission and contract in ways that are more flexible. In doing so, they can find themselves on the margins. Pragmatica recently facilitated training for public servants and evaluators. We explored why some of the c...
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