Evaluation Reports
The evaluative reports bring together Health and Police data that illustrate what both agencies have done together in the Te Ara Oranga programme.
Quarterly Reports
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The Te Ara Oranga First Progress Evaluation Report 2018
This evaluative report brings together Health and Police data that illustrate what both agencies have done together in the Te Ara Oranga programme.
In 2020/21, an extensive external evaluation of the Te Ara Oranga services was completed by Crows Nest, which recognised the model of care and the work that has been ongoing since our original pilot.
The Crows Nest evaluation states that ‘Te Ara Oranga is a unique partnership between police, government mental health and addiction services, community groups and iwi service providers, providing support to individuals to get them out of the methamphetamine cycle of abuse.
The sophisticated response adopted by the people of Northland is evident in the change in mindset across agencies, professionals, and communities.
Te Ara Oranga Evaluation Report 2021
The report offers a detailed understanding of Te Ara Oranga, documents its operation, its operating principles, and its novelty.
2022 Reports
2023 Reports
2024 Reports
2025 Reports
Improved ways of working:
The following recommendations are related to these three pieces of work:
Te Ara Oranga evaluation report
Evaluation workshop outcomes
Strategic planning day outcomes
The four pillars of the national Mental Health & Addiction, which support well-being, have been prioritised within the strategic planning and inform the structure supporting the recommendations.
These four pillars are Partnership, Kaupapa Māori, Whānau Centred and Lived Experience.
The evaluation workshop held with local stakeholders in 2021 prioritised four areas for improvement that the service is currently focused on developing (within existing funding).
These are:
1. To support building partnerships and assess community needs.
2. To review and strengthen the whānau support arm of Te Ara Oranga.
3. To purchase and implement a Client Management System which supports a multi-agency approach
4. To implement a joint assessment and exit tool.
5. In addition to the improved outcomes that have been demonstrated for people and their whānau accessing the programme, such as: becoming meth-free, reducing use and harm minimisation, finding employment etc., the cost-benefit analysis was demonstrated as favourable in the Crows Nest Evaluation report.
