Media Releases

Date Published: 19 May 2023 Budget 2023 was released yesterday, signalling some welcome improvements in how whānau, tamariki and young people will be supported in Aotearoa New Zealand. There is a need for greater focus on addressing systemic inequities. “This ... More

Date Published: 19 May 2023 The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers supports the petition and call for the Aotearoa New Zealand Government to recognise Palestine as a state delivered to Parliament this week. For more than 75 ... More

Date Published: 12 April 2023 Yesterday, the Government announced that social workers have been added to the immigration Green List in recognition of the critical shortages in the health services workforce. From the end of May, overseas social ... More

Date Published: 10 December 2022 Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All As Social Workers, human rights are fundamental to our practice and both our personal and professional values. We have often been drawn to social work because of deeply held ... More

Date Published: 1 December 2022 Moe mai rā e te taonga, Malachi. Our thoughts and condolences are with Malachi’s whānau at this incredibly challenging time. The findings from the reviews released today show Malachi and his whānau were let down by the ... More

Date Published: 24 November 2022 ANZASW celebrates another major step forward for social work pay equity. Community and iwi social workers will all now be meaningfully paid and recognised for the work they do, through Cabinet agreeing to extend ... More

Date Published: 25 October 2022 ANZASW celebrates a step forward for social work pay equity. Community and iwi social workers will now be meaningfully paid and recognised for the work they do, through Cabinet agreeing to settle the social work ... More

Date Published: 26 August 2022 ANZASW are calling for a paradigm shift in the way we care for tamariki in Aotearoa New Zealand to ensure the hauora (wellbeing) of all tamariki.  The Royal Commission has heard significant stories of abuse and neglect ... More

Date Published: 1 July 2022 We acknowledge the profound tensions felt by many in relation to the practice of abortion, however despite individual positions on the issue, as a profession founded on the principles of social justice and human rights, ... More

Date Published: 6 June 2022 ANZASW congratulates all of those named today on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. In particular, we congratulate and celebrate our life member, Robyn Corrigan, for being made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit ... More

Date Published: 15 March 2022 Today, ANZASW celebrates World Social Work Day. We join colleagues and social work employers across the globe in celebrating the unique and special contribution every social worker, social work educator and social ... More

Date Published: 8 March 2022 Today, ANZASW celebrates International Women’s Day. We acknowledge all the women of Aotearoa and the world. Around 85% of social workers are women and we especially celebrate them today.  The theme for International ... More

Date Published: 7 March 2022 Yesterday, Chris Luxon (Leader of the National Party) presented his first State of the Nation speech. National’s economic plan targets the rich and continues a neoliberal, trickle-down philosophy that, history shows us, ... More

Date Published: 1 March 2022 Last week, ANZASW challenged the Social Workers Registration Board's (SWRB) decision to increase the cost of social work registration by filing a complaint with Parliament’s Regulations Review Committee. The Committee ... More

Date Published: 3 February 2022 Te Mana Whakamaru Tamariki Motuhake: Independent Children’s Monitor (ICM) released their first full monitoring report, Experiences of Care in Aotearoa: Agency Compliance with the National Care Standards and Related ... More