When the personal is professional: Updated findings from social workers' experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes and March 15 attacks

Date:

20 March 2026 - 20 March 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

Aotearoa-based research into social workers’ experiences of the Canterbury earthquakes and Christchurch Mosque attacks has produced powerful insights into resilience, cultural considerations, and the role of place in disaster practice. This webinar shares the project’s final findings and introduces a new model for disaster social work that supports practitioners responding to trauma in both crisis and everyday contexts.

7IIVSW Ngā reo taketake, he ao hurihuri: Indigenous voices shaping social work

Date:

23 March 2026 - 23 March 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

He karanga tēnei ki a koutou– nau mai! Join us for a kōrero with our President, Sharyn Roberts, our Kaumātua, Te Naihi Wilson, and our Kaihautū, Lisa King as we share reflections, learnings and connections from the 7th International Indigenous Voices in Social Work held in Calgary in August 2025. It is both a reflection and an invitation to deepen our shared commitment to indigenous social work locally and worldwide. Nau mai, haere mai - come listen, ask pātai, and share kōrero.

Whakawhanaungatanga hui-ā-tinana

Date:

01 April 2026 - 01 April 2026

Time:

1.30pm - 3.00pm

“Ride the Therapeutic Lightening: Therapy Meets Heavy Metal Music & Culture”

Date:

08 April 2026 - 08 April 2026

Time:

12.00pm - 1:00pm

In this webinar, explore the positive aspects of heavy metal culture in therapy - combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with heavy metal culture as a creative tool, particularly with young people. This approach helps add creativity and connection, making therapy fun, and breaking down barriers to engagement. A music genre that has some stigma attached to it, learn how heavy metal music can be used by practitioners to support clients as they investigate meaning of lyrics and music and create new understandings of their lives.

World Social Work Day 17th March 2026

Co-building Hope and  Harmony – A Harambee Call to Unite a Divided Society is the theme for this year’s World Social Work Day. Read the 2026 World Social Work Day messages from ANZASW Perehitana, Sharyn Roberts and ANZASW Pou Whakahaere, Nathan Chong-Nee

ANZASW responds to the Experiences of Care in Aotearoa 2024/2025 Report

The Transformative Journeys of Social Work Practitioners: A Study on Personal Impact and Challenges in Professional Practice in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Participation Criteria: Mid-career social workers with 5 years and above of professional experience. Must hold a recognized social work qualification. Currently practicing in New Zealand.

Toitū te Tiriti: Addressing the barriers for tauiwi social work practitioners developing successful allyship with Māori in wellbeing services

Participation Criteria: Registered Social Worker in Aotearoa New Zealand employed in a wellbeing service (social, health, community, private, iwi etc).