Tony O’Connor - Projects
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Since 2019, Point & Associates has supported the Champions Initiative as its evaluation partner co-designing a multi-year strategy, leading Social Return on Investment studies, and helping shape a model that’s as impactful as it is inspiring.
Y-North is redefining how impact is measured across its services, shifting from output tracking to outcome-driven insights that reflect real change in the lives of its members. Through a collaborative, light-touch approach grounded in Vision 2030, the Y is building tools that empower staff, engage communities, and make social impact visible and actionable.
The Auckland Writers Festival’s Hōtaka Kura programme was evaluated to understand its impact on literacy, creativity, and student wellbeing. With thousands of tamariki and rangatahi attending each year, the findings show how storytelling can inspire, connect, and transform.
The Christchurch Youth Hub is co-developing a youth-friendly evaluation framework that centres rangatahi voice, trauma-informed practice, and collaborative service mapping. It’s a model for how youth services can measure what truly matters.
This collaborative research with WaiRangahau and GravitasOPG explored how elder abuse is understood across diverse ethnic communities in Aotearoa, highlighting cultural perspectives, systemic barriers, and opportunities to shape more responsive, culturally grounded prevention strategies.
This evaluation aims to assess the difference arts and culture programming makes in Aotearoa prisons.
Point and partner Awa Associates describe in this evaluation how SafeMan SafeFamily helps men who have used violence become safe and understand how much of a difference SafeMan SafeFamily has made for the men, their families and whanau. A copy of the draft report is available.
Research conducted by Dr. Tony O’Connor for the Green Party found that hardship and distress experienced by many students may be leading to poorer tertiary education outcomes for New Zealand’s future leaders
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the Tupu Tai Pasifika Internship Programme to gauge the current status of the programme, its ability to inform future programme design, and necessary changes needed to continue to promote greater diversity in the policy space.
The Safe to talk service is for people who have been affected by sexual harm and want information, and/or support. Point tested five different campaign concepts with a diverse range of youth/rangatahi in Auckland and Northland.
Working alongside CFNZ, Point is surveying the people with CF, family and health professionals about their community-based support needs and what CFNZ can do to best meet those needs.
Auckland Museum commissioned Point to undertake a feasibility study of the redevelopment of the Natural Science Galleries.
Auckland Council commissioned Point to find out how people use Auckland Central Library, what is most valued by users and their future needs and aspirations to inform a business case for redevelopment of the library.
This research, which involved 2,188 parents will assist MSD to ensure quality care outcomes for children who participant in OSCN, and help parents stay in and/or enter employment, especially for people vulnerable to poor employment outcomes.
Nearly 5,000 people with MND, family members and carers, and health professionals participated in this research to help MND New Zealand better understand their current and future needs, how they were performing and valued, and how they can continue to achieve their vision.
This research, conducted in 2017 and 2019 identified where issues of knowledge, culture or communication impact on current processes for escalating care.