Adrian Field

Adrian Field has led evaluation assignments for the past fifteen years, building on previous experience in research and policy roles in the public, private, academic and NGO sectors

His work helps individuals and organisations make decisions about funding, service development and delivery. His work has traversed such areas as health, community services, arts and culture, transport, sport and recreation, local government, and urban and environmental planning. Adrian is particularly interested in surfacing the learning from innovations in services, technology and practice.

Adrian works with community organisations in evaluation capacity building, to explore the changes that they are seeking to make, and to develop practical ways of measuring their impact.

Adrian is a former national co-convenor of the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA), and is an honorary academic at the School of Population Health (University of Auckland). He has a PhD in public health, focusing on the role of urban environments in health and wellbeing.

Examples of Adrian’s work and writing:

2025

Hunter, A., Rodriguez, L., Field, A., Moody, A. 2025. Community Organisation Refugee Sponsorship Programme Outcomes Evaluation Report. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

2024

Garden, E., Hunter, A., Spee, K., Field, A. 2024. Community-Led Development Programme Impact Evaluation, Hāpai Hapori–Department of Internal Affairs
Field, A., King, J., Moss, M., Parslow, G., Schiff, A., Chianca, T., Chianca, G., Mattiello, C.E. 2024. Urban 95 / Ateliê Navio Value for Investment Evaluation Report. van Leer Foundation.
Moss, M., Butler, R., Garden, E., Parslow, G., Porima, L., Schiff, A., Spee, K., Field, A., Gregg, O., King, J., McKegg, K. 2024. Impaired Driving Rehabilitation Programmes Evaluation Report. Te Whatu Ora–Health New Zealand.

2023

Field, A., Crocket, A., Garden, E., King, J., Moss, M., Parslow, G., Schiff, A., Spee, K., Wehipeihana N. 2023. Youth Primary Mental Health and Addictions Evaluation. Te Whatu Ora–Health New Zealand.
King, J., Crocket, A., Field, A. 2023. Value for Investment: Applications and Insights (Exemplar Report). Te Whatu Ora–Health New Zealand.
Field, A., Schiff, A., Blewden, M., King, J., Mackie, H., Wypych, A., Parslow, G. 2023. Government Policy Statement on land transport (GPS) 2018 Evaluation. Te Manatū Waka–Ministry of Transport.

2022

Field, A., Bateman, A., Wehipeihana, N., Sebire, K., Spee, K., Garden E., Moss, M., & Wypych, A. (2022). Delta Response Rapid Review. Ministry of Health.
Field, A., Cram, A., Garden, E., Hollis, M., McKegg, K., Moss, M., Scarth, B., Wehipeihana, N., Were, L., & Wypych, A. (2022). Community-Led Development Programme Evaluation. Department of Internal Affairs.
Field, A., Hollis, M., & Garden, E. (2022). Community-Led Development Evaluation Summary Report. Department of Internal Affairs.
Witten K, Macmillan A, Mackie H, van der Werf B, Smith M, Field A, Woodward A, Hosking J. Te Ara Mua – Future Streets: Can a streetscape upgrade designed to increase active travel change residents’ perceptions of neighbourhood safety? Wellbeing, Space and Society. 2022 (3).

2021

Field, A. (2021). Menzies School Leadership Incubator: Insights. Australian Council for Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.37517/978-1-74286-637-6
Raerino, K., Macmillan, A., Field, A., & Hoskins, R. (2021). Local-Indigenous Autonomy and Community Streetscape Enhancement: Learnings from Māori and Te Ara Mua—Future Streets Project. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021, 18 (3), 865; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030865
Mackie, H., Hirsch, L., Thorne, R., Witten, K., & Field A. (2021). Creating the Circuit Breakers: An Examination of the Sociotechnical System Factors Which Impede and Enable the Delivery of Safe and Healthy Neighbourhood Street Design in Aotearoa New Zealand. In S. Coxon, R. Napper (Eds.), Advancing a Design Approach to Enriching Public Mobility (1st ed., pp. 249-274). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

2020

Field, A. (2020). Survey fatigue and the tragedy of the commons: Are we undermining our evaluation practice? Evaluation Matters—He Take Tō Te Aromatawai, 6, 19-30. https://doi.org/10.18296/em.0054
Field, A., Butler, R., Were, L., Lowery, O. (2020). From Closed to Flowering: An evaluation of services provided by the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust. Dovetail.
Field, A., Garden, E., Yielder, R. (2020). COVID-19: Impact on the Creative Sector in Tamaki Makaurau. Dovetail.
Centre for Social Impact. (2020). Time to shine, time to take stock, time to shape our future. A survey of Aotearoa New Zealand’s community sector on the impacts of COVID‐19. Centre for Social Impact.
Hawley, G., Macmillan, A., Field, A., Hodgson, R., Witten, K., Kearns, R.A., McKerchar, C. (2020). The normative influence of adults on youth access: Challenges and opportunities in the context of shifts away from car-dependence. Journal of Transport & Health, 16: 1-11
Witten, K., Field, A. (2020). Engaging children in neighborhood planning for active travel infrastructure. In: Waygood O, Friman M, Olsson L, Mitra R. Transport and Children’s Wellbeing. Elsevier.

2019

Field, A., Hirsch, L., Mills, R., Norgrove, K. (2019). Strategic trends and implications: Waikato Region. Dovetail.
Field, A., Garden, E., Davies, N., King, J., McKegg, K., Mackie, H. (2019). Innovating Road Safety: Lessons for transport planners. Dovetail and Kinnect Group
Field, A., Garden, E., Davies, N., King, J., McKegg, K., Mackie, H. (2019). Innovating Road Safety: Lessons for transport planners (Summary Report). Dovetail and Kinnect Group
Field, A., Davies, N., King, J., McKegg, K. (2019). Signature Programme Evaluation: 2016-2019. Dovetail and Kinnect Group.
Field, A., McKegg, K., Schiff, A. (2019). Signature Programme Evaluation: Visiting Drivers Project. Dovetail and Kinnect Group.
Field, A., Garden, E., Scally-Irvine, K. (2019). NZ-VR Evaluation: Report on programme outcomes and learning to June 2019 (Executive Summary only). Dovetail.
Mackie, H., Woodward, A., Witten, K., Smith, M., Field, A., Macmillan, A., Hosking, J., Baas, P., Hawley, G., Wild, K., Hirsch, L., Hodgson, R. (2019). Healthy Future Mobility Synthesis Report. Mackie Research and Consulting.

2018

Field, A., Wild, K., Woodward, A., Macmillan, A., Mackie, H. (2018). Encountering bikelash: Experiences and lessons from New Zealand communities. Journal of Transport & Health 11, 130-40
Mackie, H., Macmillan, A., Witten, K., Baas, P., Field, A., Smith, M., Hosking, J., King, K., Sosene, L., Woodward, A. (2018). Te Ara Mua - Future Streets suburban street retrofit: A researcher-community-government co-design process and intervention outcomes. Journal of Transport & Health, 11, 209-220.
Witten, K., Mackie, H., Baas, P., Macmillan, A., Woodward, A., Smith, M., Hosking, J., Field, A. (2017). Te Ara Mua - Future Streets: An Encounter with Business-As-Usual Transport Planning. Journal of Transport & Health 5, S51-S52
Field, A., Butler, R. (2018). Virtual Health: Rapid review of evidence and implications. Waikato District Health Board.
Macmillan, A.K., Mackie, H., Hosking, J.E., Witten, K., Smith, M., Field, A., Woodward, A., Hoskins, R., Stewart, J., van der Werf, B., Baas, P. (2018). Controlled before-after intervention study of suburb-wide street changes to increase walking and cycling: Te Ara Mua-Future Streets study design. BMC Public Health. (2018) 18,850 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5758-1