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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.

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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. 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.

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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.

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Ōtepoti Dunedin Social Work Forum

Date:
11 November 2025 - 11 November 2025
Time:
TBC - TBC

Save the date for this ANZASW hosted event in Ōtepoti Dunedin! Join us for this kanohi ki te kanohi event with catering provided. The event will not be recorded.

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

30 September 2025

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

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2025 Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers' Day

17 September 2025

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.

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Weaving together the gold and silver threads of connection for people with mate wareware (dementia) and their whānau and families in Aotearoa

11 September 2025

Our social science research team at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is inviting social workers and social service providers to take part in a study on supporting whānau caring for loved ones with mate wareware (dementia) and We are looking for participants!

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Co-Producing a Curriculum on Autism for the Aotearoa Mental Health & Addictions Workforce

09 September 2025

Participation Criteria:
We are currently recruiting professionals to participate in online focus groups or interviews. Eligibility criteria are as follows:
(1) Registered medical, nursing or allied professional, or Pukenga Atawhai (specialist Māori mental health worker)
(2) Is currently employed or has previous employment (within the past five years) within the mental health and addictions workforce in Aotearoa.
This may include employment via Te Whatu Ora, a non-governmental organisation (e.g., Emerge Aotearoa, Wise Group), or private practice Please note that interview/focus group participants will be eligible, but not required to participate in the second and third phases of this project.

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