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News & events

Here you can find the latest news and events from Social Service Providers Te Pai Ora o Aotearoa, including information relevant for our members and friends, latest sector developments, and our media releases and events.

Rongorongo

Upcoming events

Our Sector and the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care

Tue

13 May 2025

Creating TQ (Tiriti|Treaty Literacy) in Organisational and Workforce Development

Wed

28 May 2025

Being a good Tiriti partner: A Pākehā perspective

Thu

26 Jun 2025

Whakamanawa 2025

Wed

10 Sep 2025
Thu

11 Sep 2025

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Rongorongo

News

Understanding the Equal Pay Amendment Bill

Media Release - Proposed Changes will halt the Social Service Workers Pay Equity Claim

Te Pai Ora SSPA, the national organisation representing community-based social service providers, is raising serious concerns about sweeping changes to the Equal Pay Act announced by the Government today.

Ongoing uncertainty for providers serving vulnerable children and whānau

Media Release - Community providers welcome pause of harmful Oranga Tamariki contracting process

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Kia Mauri Ora

Issue 10 is out now!

In this issue:

A win at last for social work pay equity

We catch up with some of the leaders and kaimahi at the forefront of the pay equity claim over the past three years, to hear what the settlement means to them.

They are our rangatahi and they have a name

Nathan Chong-Nee shares some of his experiences both here and in Samoa, and how he carries what he has learnt into his mahi working alongside rangatahi.

Whanaungatanga at the heart of the mahi

Matt Brown MNZM was a keynote kaikorero at Whakamanawa 2022 and we catch up with him to see how he feels 2022 has been going since then.

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Kia Mauri Ora – Social Service Excellence in Aotearoa is published twice a year by Social Service Providers Aotearoa.