the sense makers

Welcome to Dovetail.

We provide evaluation, research and facilitation services to support positive change in communities and systems.

We work with people and organisations to evaluate, understand, and improve the differences they are making.

Our insights enable learning, development, improvement and evidence-based decision making. Our work bridges the worlds of funders, service providers, professionals and community interest groups.

  • We assist funders to understand the impact of their investments.

  • We assist service providers to enable change and improvement.

  • We assist community organisations to capture and convey the impact of their work.

Dovetail’s expertise includes the health, social, transport, creative, philanthropic, local government, education, and sport and recreation sectors. We work with public, private and community sector organisations.

Sectors

Find out about the many and varied sectors that we work with.

Services

Find out about Dovetail, the work we do, who we are, and the value we offer.

Value for investment

Dovetail is now one of New Zealand’s leading providers of VfI. Find out more about this interdisciplinary and collaborative approach that brings together insights from evaluation and economics.