Wānanga: Kia Rangatira te Tū

Date:

11 November 2025 - 13 November 2025

Time:

9.30am - 3.30pm

3-day wānanga on marae for Tangata Whenua Social Workers exclusively.

Ōtepoti Dunedin Social Work Forum

Date:

11 November 2025 - 11 November 2025

Time:

10.00am - 12.30pm

Come along to the ANZASW Social Work Community Forum in Ōtepoti Dunedin! Join us for this kanohi ki te kanohi event with catering provided. The event will not be recorded.

“My heart said no.” An exploration of moral distress in social work and ways to address this

Date:

18 November 2025 - 18 November 2025

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Moral distress, originally a nursing concept, is now increasingly relevant in social work. This webinar explores key terms like moral distress, moral residue, and moral injury within the social work context and offers strategies and reflective questions to support ethical decision-making and moral resilience.

We3 - Te mauri o te hā o Hine-Ahu-One: Ensuring safe space in kaupapa ‘peer supervision’ - a mana wāhine perspective

Date:

26 November 2025 - 26 November 2025

Time:

12:00pm - 1:00pm

'We3' - Lisa King, Shirley Ikkala & Leisa Moorhouse, are experienced wāhine Māori social workers, supervisors, ex-academics, leaders, and critical hoa-haere. We will overview our individual supervision experiences and speak to our collective supervision journey, presenting our kaupapa ‘peer supervision’ approach, Te mauri o te hā o Hine-Ahu-One. This approach recognises the mana of wāhine (female power and authority), the sacred healing spaces of Papatuānuku (Earth Mother), mauri (the infinite source of energy available to support wellbeing), wairua (spirituality) and āhurutanga (sacred-safe spaces) to sustain, support and guide us in our service to tangata whenua and the profession of social work.

Kotahitanga! ANZASW demands change as health Social Workers join strike for better pay and conditions

ANZASW stands firmly with social workers and every kaimahi across health and education who will strike today. Despite the weather disrupting rallies across the motu, our resolve stands unwavering, and our message remains clear.

Emotional Harm in Early Childhood as a Developmental Risk Factor: Bridging Research, Policy, and Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand

We are looking for professionals who work directly with tamariki and whānau in roles where concerns about the emotional harm of children may arise and need to be recognised or responded to. By sharing your experiences, you will help build understanding of how emotional harm in early childhood is identified and addressed in practice, as well as the challenges and opportunities professionals encounter in this work.

Māori whānau and cancer care

Participation Criteria:

1. Identify as Māori
2. Whānau Māori caring for their loved ones with cancer, whānau Māori who have been living with a cancer diagnosis and current and professionals working with Māori patients, current and past Māori social workers, Whanau Ora navigators, supportive care coordinators, nurses, team leaders/managers, cultural advisors and (tāne and wahine)
3. Over the age of 20 years old
4. Participants from the North and South Island, Aotearoa New Zealand
5. A mixture of wāhine mā and tāne. To further enhance the kaupapa from a male viewpoint

Advocacy Affecting Policy: Social Workers’ Perception of their Role and Contribution to Effecting Change

Participation Criteria: The requirements are that participants are social workers, who have experience with policy advocacy.