2025
Mejia Toro, C., King, J., Mackay, S., Tipene-Leach, D., Swinburn, B. (2025). Free, healthy school lunches in New Zealand: a Value for Investment analysis. BMC Public Health 25, 3546 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24529-8.
Paroșanu, A., Seaford, A., Wehipeihana, N., & Mihinui-Selwyn, A. (2025). Whakamana Tangata: An evaluation of a restorative Te Ao Māori-based approach in youth justice. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 37(2), 5–17. Whakamana Tangata: An evaluation of a restorative Te Ao Māori-based approach in youth justice
2024
Matheson, A., Wehipeihana, N., Gray, R., Walton, M., Uia, T., Lindberg, K., Shanthakumar, M., Irurzun Lopez, M., Reidy, J., Firestone, R., & Ellison-Loschmann, L. (2024). Building a systems-thinking community workforce to scale action on determinants of health in New Zealand. Health & Place, 87, 103255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2024.103255
2023
Gargani, J., King, J. (2023). Principles and methods to advance value for money. Evaluation, 1-19. DOI: 10.1177/13563890231221526. Open access preprint.
King, J. (2023). How should Program Evaluation Standards inform the use of cost-benefit analysis in evaluation? Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation. Vol. 19, No. 43.
2022
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
Gamble, J., McKegg, K., & Cabaj, M. (2021). A Developmental Evaluation Companion, Canada: McConnell Foundation.
King, J. (2021). Expanding theory-based evaluation: incorporating value creation in a theory of change. Evaluation and Program Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101963.
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.
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
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
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.
Oakden, J., Walton, M., & Foote, J. (2020). Contracting public health and social services: insights from complexity theory for Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2020.1822422
2020 Matheson, A., Walton, M., Gray, R., Wehipeihana, N., & Wistow, J. (2020). Strengthening prevention in communities through systems change: Lessons from the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ. Health Promotion International, 35(5), 947–957. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daz092
2019
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.
McKegg, K. (2019). White Privilege and the Decolonization Work Needed in Evaluation to Support Indigenous Sovereignty and Self-Determination. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 34(2), 357–367
King, J. (2019). Evaluation and Value for Money: Development of an approach using explicit evaluative reasoning. (Doctoral dissertation). University of Melbourne.
King, J. (2019). Combining multiple approaches to valuing in the MUVA female economic empowerment program. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 19(4), 217–225.
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.
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
McKegg, K., Oakden, J., Wehipeihana, N., King, J. (2018). Evaluation Building Blocks: A Guide. Raglan, New Zealand: The Kinnect Group.
Oakden, J., & King, J. (2018). Evaluation. In M. Tolich & C. Davidson (Eds.), Social science research in New Zealand: An introduction (3rd ed., pp. 180–193). Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press.
King, J., Allen, S. (2018). Applying evaluative thinking to value for money: the Pakistan Sub-national Governance Programme. Evaluation Matters – He Take Tō Te Aromatawai 4:2018
Wehipeihana, N., & McKegg, K. (2018). Values and Culture in Evaluative Thinking: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand. New Directions for Evaluation, 2018 (158):93–107. 10.1002/ev.20320.
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
2017
Appleton-Dyer, S., Field, A. (2017). Accountability and development? Supporting provider-led evaluation of short-term community social change projects. Evaluation Matters - He Take Tō Te Aromatawai. 3, 100-129. https://doi.org/10.18296/em.0018
Smith, M., Hosking, J., Woodward, A., Witten, K., Macmillan, A., Field, A., Baas, P., Mackie, H. (2017). Systematic literature review of built environment effects on physical activity and active transport – an update and new findings on health equity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 14,158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0613-9
Wild, K., Woodward, A., Field, A., Macmillan, A. (2017). Beyond ‘bikelash’: engaging with community opposition to cycle lanes. Mobilities. 13(4), 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2017.1408950
Sullivan, C., Ong S-W., & McRae, R. (2017). Justice Sector Seriousness Score (2016 update): FAQs. Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Justice.
2016
Eoyang, G., & Oakden, J. (2016). Adaptive evaluation: Synergy between complexity theory and evaluation practice. Emergence: Complexity and Organization, 18(3–4). doi:10.emerg/10.17357.e5389f5715a734817dfbeaf25ab335e5.
King, J. (2016). Using Economic Methods Evaluatively. American Journal of Evaluation. April 29, 2016
King, J. & Guimaraes, L. (2016). Evaluating value for Money in international development: the Ligada female economic empowerment programme. Evaluation Matters, Third quarter, 2016. Africa Development Bank
Sullivan, C. (2016). Justice and the IDI: Initial uses, future plans, and the importance of collaboration. Presentation to symposium at MSD in Wellington (Using Integrated Data for Social Sector Policy and Practice).
2015
McKegg, K., Wehipeihana, N., Becroft, M., & Gill, J. (2015). Developmental Evaluation’s Role in Supporting Community-Led Solutions for Māori and Pacific Young People’s Educational Success: The ASB Community Trust Māori and Pacific Education Initiative. In Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (Eds.), Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice (pp. 125–142). New York: Guilford Press
Morris, M. & Sullivan, C. (2015). The impact of sentencing on adult offenders’ future employment and re-offending - community work versus fines. Wellington, New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 15/04
Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (2015). Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice. New York: Guilford Press
Wehipeihana, N., McKegg, K., Thompson, V., & Pipi, K. (2015). Cultural Responsiveness through Developmental Evaluation: Indigenous Innovations in Sport and Traditional Maori Recreation. In Patton, M.Q., McKegg, K., & Wehipeihana, N. (Eds.), Developmental Evaluation Exemplars: Principles in Practice (pp. 25–44). New York: Guilford Press
2014
McKegg, K. (2014). White privilege: The flipside of inequality, Evaluation Connections, European Evaluation Society, July, pp 6–7
Wehipeihana, N., Bailey, R., Davidson, E.J., & McKegg, K. (2014). Evaluator Competencies: The Aotearoa New Zealand Experience. The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 28(3), 49–69.
Wehipeihana, N., Kennedy, V., Pipi, K., & Paipa, K. (2014). Hinerauwhāriki: The Collective Higher Education Experiences of Four Māori Women in F, Cram, Phillips, H, Sauni, P, & Tuagalu, C (Ed). Māori and Pasifika Higher Education Horizons (Diversity in Higher Education, Volume 15), (pp. 291–313). Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2013
King, J., McKegg, K., Oakden & Wehipeihana, N. (2013). Evaluative Rubrics: a Method for Surfacing Values and Improving the Credibility of Evaluation, Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, 9 (21), 11–20.
McKegg, K. (2013). Evaluation Responsibility and Leadership in the Face of Failing Democracies, American Journal of Evaluation, 34(4), 579–582.
Oakden, J. (2013). Evaluation rubrics: how to ensure transparency and clear assessment that respects diverse lines of evidence. Oakden, J. Melbourne. Retrieved from http://betterevaluation.org/
Wehipeihana, N., Pipi, K., Kennedy, V., & Paipa, K. (2013). Hinerauwhāriki: Tapestries of Life for Four Māori Women in Evaluation, in Indigenous Pathways into Social Research: Voices of a New Generation, Mertens, D. M. Cram, F & Chilisa, B. (eds). Walnut Hills, CA: Left Coast Press.
2012
2011
McKegg, K. (2011). Using Evaluative Inquiry to Generate Useful, High-quality Knowledge about the Quality and Value of Community Initiatives, in Knowledge Translation in Context: indigenous, policy, and community settings, Bannister, E., Leadbeater, B., Marshall, A., & Reicken, T. (eds). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press.
2010
McAlevey, L., & Sullivan, C. (2010). Statistical literacy and sample survey results. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 41(7), 911-920. https://doi.org/10.1080/002073...
Wehipeihana, N., Davidson, J., McKegg, K., and Shankar, V. (2010). What Does it Take to do Evaluation in Communities and Cultural Contexts Other Than Our Own? Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, (6)13,182–192.
