ANZASW's national social work conference, Kōtahitanga: Stand Together, runs 12–13 August 2026 at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre in the National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, built around four kaupapa spanning Te Tiriti, abuse-in-care redress, AI, and climate and Pacific social work.
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) will hold its 2026 national conference, *Kōtahitanga: Stand Together*, over two days on 12–13 August 2026 in Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. Framed around the run-up to the next General Election, the conference asks the profession to consider who social workers are, what they stand for, and how their collective voice is heard in policy and political decisions. Sessions run from 9am on Wednesday 12 August to 4pm on Thursday 13 August (NZST).
The conference is hosted by ANZASW, the national membership body for social workers in Aotearoa. According to the association's own history, ANZASW was established in 1964 and today represents around 4,000 members, providing professional development, supervision listings, an academic journal and support for social workers maintaining statutory registration under the Social Workers Registration Act 2003. The event is being organised around principles ANZASW states it wants the gathering to reflect: upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, centring Māori and Pacific leadership, prioritising accessibility, and providing hauora and support spaces on site.
ANZASW frames the conference for social workers across all settings — members, practising social workers, students and early-career practitioners, and social work leaders, educators and advocates. The programme is being built around four interconnected kaupapa: Activism, Te Tiriti and Social Justice; Abuse in Care (Responsibility, Redress and Practice, responding to the Royal Commission of Inquiry); AI and the Future of Social Work, including Māori and Pacific data sovereignty; and Climate Action and Pacific Social Work. The organiser notes programme details will be released progressively, with registration handled through Humanitix.
The conference is held at the Tiakiwai Conference Centre, located within Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa | National Library of New Zealand at 70 Molesworth Street, Thorndon. The choice is deliberate: the National Library is home to He Tohu, the permanent exhibition holding Te Tiriti o Waitangi, He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni and the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition — documents ANZASW ties directly to the conference's kaupapa. As reporting context for delegates, the venue sits in Wellington's parliamentary precinct, a short walk from Parliament, the Beehive and the Lambton Quay end of the CBD, placing a range of central-city hotels and transport within walking distance; Wellington Airport is roughly 8 kilometres to the south-east. The directory listing of the venue matches the official site exactly.
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