Annual Reports & Publications

From time to time Lifewise publishes reports arising from our programmes and projects.

• Mana Whānau Evaluation Report (March 2026): Keeping tamariki safe and connected to their whānau is at the heart of Mana Whānau. This new evaluation report provides strong evidence that intensive, whānau-led, in-home support can help families stay together safely—reducing the need for state care and supporting lasting change. We invite you to read the full report for the evidence, insights, and recommendations. Click the link to read more.Lifewise Connect Newsletter Issue #5 – In this issue you’ll find stories of care and persistence including Lived experience peer support workers supporting whānau at Merge Café, health care services being delivered to Tamariki where they already learn and feel safe, individuals rebuilding confidence through employment and more.
• Lifewise Connect Newsletter Issue #4 – We have been busy the last few months and want to share all our successes with you. Check out our latest newsletter briming with stories of trials and tribulations and exciting opportunities for you to support Lifewise. Click the link to read more.
• Lifewise Connect Newsletter Issue #3 – Discover what’s new in our latest issue of the Lifewise Connect Newsletter! It’s filled with exciting updates, inspiring stories, and ways you can make a difference—like joining the Big Sleepout or supporting good causes while you shop for the holidays. Click the link to read more and stay connected with our community!
• Lifewise Connect Newsletter Issue #2 – This issue is filled with inspiring and uplifting success stories, perfect for kickstarting your year. It highlights individuals who have made remarkable transformations in their lives, overcoming adversity and finding hope.
• Designing Work Around People: Lifewise Works – A report to highlight the lessons and important mahi undertaken by our social enterprise (Lifewise Works) and our different programmes that aim to upskill our peer support volunteers and workers as part of the whole Merge Community, in addressing the extent and recurrence of homelessness in Tāmaki Makaurau. (February 2025, PDF)
• Lifewise Connect Newsletter – Christmas 2024 Edition – This edition offers a look back at the work we’ve been involved in over the past few months — from personal triumphs to highlights from key projects, this issue celebrates the spirit of community, resilience, and transformation. (November 2024, PDF)
• Learning from The Street: The kaupapa, approach, successes and challenges, and our learning about what it takes to support street whānau and tackle homelessness. (February 2021, PDF)
• The Story of Housing First: The story of the development of the city centre Housing First programme: Te Pou Tuatahi o Tāmaki (August 2018, PDF)
• Mana Wahine: Mana Wahine seeks to understand the particular needs and experiences of women (including those from the Rainbow community) experiencing homelessness in the Auckland City Centre. (July 2018, PDF)
• Inside The Cup: Bringing the street voice to the decision makers (December 2017, PDF)
• An Insight into the Experience of Rough Sleeping in Central Auckland (January 2015, PDF)
• An Evaluation of the Special Circumstances Court (PDF) – Te Kooti O Timatanga Hou: The Court of New Beginnings
• Know Your Neighbours 2012 Evaluation Executive Summary (PDF) and Evaluation Report (PDF)
• Glen Eden Research Report (PDF)
• Welfare Reform – Where are the jobs? (200KB, PDF) A report from our sister agency Christchurch Methodist Mission
• Evaluation Summary Report 2009 – New Approach to Homelessness (PDF)
• Breakthrough Framework Turning Lives Around (PDF) – published in Parity magazine