Cults and coercive control

Date:

28 October 2025 - 28 October 2025

Time:

7.00pm - 8:00pm

Social workers are skilled in identifying coercive control in individual relationships—but what happens when that same dynamic plays out in group settings like cults or high-control communities? Join us for a powerful one-hour session exploring the hidden impact of coercive control within cultic settings and the implications for health and wellbeing.

Exploring social work field educator self-care through a wide-angle lens

Date:

31 October 2025 - 31 October 2025

Time:

10.00am - 11:00am

Join us as we delve into ongoing PhD research examining how field educators perceive and practice self-care—beyond just the individual. Through striking visual imagery and a broad theoretical lens, we’ll uncover tensions in the literature and consider the influence of workplace culture, social work education, and the profession.

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.

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

Kotahitanga! Information for supporting Strike Action onThursday 23 October

ANZASW is supporting the strike action taking place around the motu on Thursday 23 October 2025.

Exploring what sustains Māori wounded healers who are practicing Social Work in areas of their lived experience

I am inviting you to participate in this research project if: 1. You chose to undertake a career in social work because of what you had experienced in your life up until that time. 2. You whakapapa Māori, are a registered social worker in Aotearoa NZ and have more than 5 years of practice experience since graduating. 3. And are currently working in Aotearoa NZ and in a field of practice of which you bring your lived experience

2025 Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers' Day

Toitū te kotahitanga, Toitū te oranga, strengthening intergenerational solidarity for enduring wellbeing. Read our messages from ANZASW Perehitana - Sharyn Roberts, our Chief Executive - Nathan Chong-Nee and ANZASW Kaihautū - Lisa King.