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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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Statement for National Day of Reflection

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Child protection training: wise practice rather than best practice

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Resource Kete - Whakamanawa 2025

Using ChatGPT in Social Service Organisations

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Statement for National Day of Reflection

Today we reflect on the bravery, determination and strength of survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care in Aotearoa New Zealand. We acknowledge the enormous courage of those who relived their stories in the hope that it would change the system of care for future generations of tamariki.

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.

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Creating TQ (Tiriti|Treaty Literacy) 2026

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Child protection training: wise practice rather than best practice

Resource Kete - Whakamanawa 2025

Te Pai Ora SSPA submission on the future of public service integrity

Building Resilience Together: Emergency Preparedness for kaimahi and communities

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