Louise is a Māori evaluator who seeks to bring together Te Ao Māori, evaluation, design and systems thinking. Louise specialises in evaluation and policy analysis, with her professional background stretching acrossMāori, public health, disability, and community contexts, within both the private and public sectors. She
established Hikitia in 2012, and is part of Tuakana Teina, a Māori-led evaluation collective.

Louise is inspired by the transformative potential of evaluation, and the ability to give voice to whānau, communities and organisations to share their experiences and performance stories. She is particularly interested in the confluence of programmes and policy, and how policy and service design can be informed at all levels, through collaborative design and systems thinking 

Louise has balanced her experiential learning with academic programmes of study and publication. She has recently completed a Masters programme exploring the potential of actioning the capacity of aroha
for positive change through evaluative leadership, and in now on a PhD pathway. Louise is currently serving as an Executive Member of Mā te Rae – Māori Evaluation Association and is a member of Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association.