Social Work: Websites

Includes Bills, Acts and legislation of New Zealand

Case law and legislation in New Zealand

About our Parliament including MPs, parties and electorates

ANZASW is the professional association for Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.

From the website: "The Canterbury Wellbeing Index tracks the progress of the social recovery, using indicators to provide information on the impacts of the earthquakes on wellbeing and to identify emerging social trends and issues. It helps agencies make decisions about the most efficient way to target funds and resources. It also provides accurate and robust information to the community."

Child Youth and Family is the statutory child protection agency in New Zealand.

Child Wellbeing and Poverty Reduction Group, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Information on the Wellbeing Strategy for children and young people.

"Enhancing CALD Cultural Competence: Cultural diversity in the New Zealand population is growing leading to increasing cross cultural interactions between clinicians and patients and between employees."

The main role of the Health and Disability Commissioner is to ensure that the rights of consumers are upheld. This includes making sure that complaints about health or disability services providers are taken care of fairly and efficiently.

"Trusted mental health information in Aotearoa, New Zealand" from the website.

: Weekly, produced by MHF information officers. The newsletter includes links to resources for researchers, academics, mental health workforce, people interested in new research, information and developments in the field of mental health and wellbeing.

The Ministry of Health is the Government's primary advisor on health policy and disability support services.

The Ministry of Social development provides research, evaluation and policy advice on significant social issues and programmes.

The Office for Disability Issues is the focal point within government on disability issues.

The Privacy Commissioner's Office works to develop and promote a culture in which personal information is protected and respected.

The Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) is the regulatory authority responsible for the registration of social workers.

New Zealand's major source of official statistics

Find statistics relevant to Māori, including population, use of te reo Māori, well-being, and culture.

Three Māori health models - based on a wellness or holistic health model. Te whare tapa whā and Te Pae Mahutonga by Mason Durie and Te Wheke by Rose Pere.

Theories in Māori social work: Indigenous approaches to working with and for indigenous people by Awhina Hollis-English. In Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work journal.

A Māori language glossary of words, phrases and proverbs for use in the mental health, addiction and disability sectors

The Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy sets out a shared understanding of what children and young people need and want in order to be well, what government is and should be doing to support them, and how we must work together.