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Social Service Providers Te Pai Ora o Aotearoa has over 250 members – our members are community-based social service organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, and people working alongside social services. We strengthen the social sector through advocacy and engagement, learning and development, relationships and sector leadership. Our mahi contributes to ensuring children, rangatahi and whānau can thrive now and intergenerationally.

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News

Media release: Pay Equity Progress Undone

Te Pai Ora SSPA has told the People's Select Committee that Aotearoa needs to build a pay equity system that is fair, robust and workable. Te Pai Ora SSPA Pay Equity Co-ordinator Brenda Pilott said: "We’re not asking to go back. We’re asking to go forward — with a reset that’s principled, practical, and informed by lived experience.”

Budget 2025: Invest in our Children and Whānau - the Foundation of our Future

There are nice little nuggets scattered throughout the Budget, “but let’s be clear they are small scale and are not going to flip the dial to relieve the suffering faced by children and whānau today. This is not the bold investment required to build the foundation for a thriving future.” - Belinda Himiona, Te Pai Ora SSPA Chief Executive

Auditor-General’s inquiry into Oranga Tamariki’s procurement and contract management process circa 2023-2025

On Thursday 15 May, the Office of the Auditor-General released the findings of its inquiry into Oranga Tamariki’s procurement and contract management process circa 2023-2025.

Media Release: Response to Auditor General’s inquiry into Oranga Tamariki procurement and contract management

Te Pai Ora SSPA says an inquiry released today by the Auditor General into Oranga Tamariki shows a government department under enormous stress, “that clearly lost sight of how its decisions could impact children and whānau.”

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Upcoming events

Using AI (artificial intelligence) in Social Service Organisations: Using AI tools in a safe and ethical way

Tue

26 Aug 2025

Whakamanawa 2025

Wed

10 Sep 2025
Thu

11 Sep 2025

Whakamanawa 2025 Exhibitors

Wed

10 Sep 2025
Thu

11 Sep 2025

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Recent resource library uploads

Click on any of the listings below to check out some of the latest content added to our Resource Library.

Building Resilience Together: Emergency Preparedness for kaimahi and communities

50 mins

Te Pai Ora SSPA submission on the Pay Equity System

Urgent Support, Lasting Impact: Expanding Social Crisis Response

45 mins

Wishing on a star - a conversation with Dr Ang Jury, Chief Executive of the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges

5 mins

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