Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Social Workers
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Today is Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers’ Day for 2020! 2020 has been a difficult and unprecedented year and has presented many challenges for people, both personally and professionally. It has been a year where social workers have been required to adapt and reimagine the way they deliver the incredible services they provide. ANZASW is extraordinarily proud of social workers […]
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ANZASW is pleased to acknowledge and celebrate International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2020 which took place yesterday (Sunday 9 August). The theme, as set by the UN, for this year’s celebration is Covid-19 and Indigenous People’s Resilience. The theme hopes to recognise the knowledge and understanding that indigenous peoples around the world have in regard to the relationship […]
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ANZASW is pleased to respond to the ombudsman’s investigation report released yesterday, 6 August 2020. The report is based on an investigation period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2019. Issues raised in the report reflect concerns that have been present within the community for several years now. ANZASW supports and welcomes the recommendations and believes that if successfully […]
» Read moreStatement from Rose Henderson, long-standing ANZASW member and Asia-Pacific Region President for the International Federation of Social Workers on World Social Work Day 2019
» Read moreTuesday, 31 July 2018, 3:44 pm Press Release: Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) believes that the review into the murder of Ruby Knox by her mother in 2016, published this month, raises serious issues that should be urgently addressed. The case highlights the need for more services and quality respite to […]
» Read moreTuesday, 17 July 2018, 3:31 pm Press Release: ANZASW The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) welcomes the World Day for International Justice. This year’s celebration coincides with the 20th anniversary of the 1998 Rome Statute, the treaty which brought the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world’s first permanent criminal tribunal with a global scope, into being. ANZASW recognises […]
» Read moreMonday, 16 July 2018, 2:52 pm Press Release: ANZASW The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) wishes to once again express its solidarity with nurses who have been engaged in industrial action. Nurses, like social workers, play an irreplaceable role in society, offering vital preventative services and standing with people during times of acute crisis. They are undervalued […]
» Read moreThe Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) wishes to communicate its strong opposition to the practice of so-called “gay conversion therapy,” also known as “reparative therapy,” in Aotearoa New Zealand. An investigation into the subject by TVNZ documented individuals in several locations appearing to offer conversion services; ANZASW has seen online advertisements for this form of “counselling” in […]
» Read moreFriday, 22 June 2018, 3:06 pm Press Release: Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) wishes to communicate its strong opposition to the practice of keeping migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee children in detention and separating them from their parents. ANZASW notes with grave concern that, according to the Global Campaign to End Child […]
» Read moreFriday, 22 June 2018, 3:09 pm Press Release: Aotearoa NZ Association of Social Workers Minister Martin’s proposed intervention strategy for children The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) supports Minister for Children Tracey Martin’s strategy of intensive intervention to lower the number of children being placed in care. At ANZASW we acknowledge that keeping children connected with their […]
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