Whakapapa Economics Field Notes https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/ A curated community-of-practice archive about relational and intergenerational value. en-nz Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Value does not stop at the individual https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/value-does-not-stop-at-the-individual/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/value-does-not-stop-at-the-individual/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead Most impact reports stop at the direct participant. But value moves — through whānau, households, communities and time. If our boundary stops at one person, our account understates what actually happened. Value transmission Impact boundaries Whānau Wider, not looser https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/wider-not-looser/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/wider-not-looser/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead A wider value boundary is not an excuse for weaker evidence. Every claim still needs a clear pathway, a defined group, a signal, evidence and safeguards against double counting. Evidence Impact boundaries Responsible use Price the pathway, not the concept https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/price-the-pathway-not-the-concept/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/price-the-pathway-not-the-concept/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead The method does not ask “what is mana worth?” It asks “what changes when mana is upheld?” Observable pathways — participation, reduced whakamā, restored hosting — can be evidenced and, where appropriate, valued. Valuation Māori concepts Evidence Why qualitative evidence can be mechanism evidence https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/qualitative-evidence-as-mechanism-evidence/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/qualitative-evidence-as-mechanism-evidence/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead Stories are not only colour. They can show how a change happened — the mechanism — which is exactly what a pathway account needs to test whether value is real and where it travels. Qualitative evidence Mechanisms Evaluation Signals are not proof https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/signals-are-not-proof/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/signals-are-not-proof/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead A signal is a clue that a pathway may be present, not confirmation that it is. Treating signals as proof is how wider accounts drift into overclaiming. Hold them as evidence to be tested. Signals Evidence Responsible use When a dollar value is not the right answer https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/when-a-dollar-value-is-not-the-right-answer/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/when-a-dollar-value-is-not-the-right-answer/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead Some value is best protected as a decision criterion, threshold or weighted consideration — not forced into a single number. Naming what should not be monetised is part of the discipline. Monetisation Decision-making Evidence Tauutuutu is more than reciprocity https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/tauutuutu-is-more-than-reciprocity/ https://whakapapaeconomics.nz/perspectives/tauutuutu-is-more-than-reciprocity/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT 2026-07-12 Dr Jay Whitehead Tauutuutu describes reciprocal exchange with obligation, balance and return through time. For impact work, it changes the question from who received value to how value travelled, returned and strengthened future capacity. Tauutuutu Reciprocity Value transmission