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30 years' membership and a 50th birthday - where to next for ANZASW?
(Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers, 2014)This article is a personal reflection on 30 years of membership of the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW, and inclusive of the earlier name, the New Zealand Association of Social Workers – NZASW). ... -
Advancing social work professionalism : standards for management and leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Aotearoa New Zealand Social Workers, 2015-12)In 2004, management was recognised by the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) as one of 13 ‘core purposes’ of the global profession. Taking that recognition as a starting point, this article advances the ... -
Advocacy in the NZ not-for-profit sector: 'Nothing stands by itself.'
(Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Inc., 2013-12)This research focuses on government–not-for-profit (NFP) sector relationships, with particular reference to advocacy in New Zealand. It follows a study of advocacy in Australia by Onyx et al. (2009). There are concerns ... -
African mothers’ experiences of raising ‘Afro-Kiwi kids’ in Aotearoa / New Zealand
(African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific (AFSAAP), 2017-12)This article presents findings from qualitative research data gathered from a group of ten refugee-background and immigrant African mothers living in Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. The research study—From Mama Africa to ... -
Celebrating diversity! Umm? And why the question – "Kei hea te putea?" Is more important than ever. Posted on April 6, 2018 by RSW Collective
(Re-imaging Social Work in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2018-04-06)Fraser and Honneth (2003) suggest that one useful way to slice up politics is to distinguish between the politics of recognition and the politics of redistribution. You could also talk about identity politics (Gergen, 1995) ... -
Cloaked in Life and Death: Re-Surfacing From the Loss of a Father.
(Guilford Publications, Inc., 2013)For my son this is and will be part of his life story. His mates will have had dads that take them to sports, give them advice, and tinker with cars, boats, or bikes. My son’s story is final. His dad died when he was ... -
A community approach to palliative care : embracing indigenous concepts and practices in a hospice setting
(Guilford Publications, Inc., 2013-05)This article documents a community approach to palliative care that took place in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand in 2010. It is based on a case study of a 24-year old woman of Māori and Samoan heritage. While the hospice ... -
The corner : clients that inspire us
(2014)Following a comment of Peggy Sax that some clients “bring out the best in us,” I proposed in 2011 that, furthermore, some clients do more than that, they in fact inspire us. I am sure I am not the only one to think so ... -
Developing a collaborative methodology for research with community groups
(Kotuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 2013-11-11)This ‘short communication’ considers four different methodological approaches for ethnographic research projects that engage community groups when the research topic is contested amongst group members. I locate my ... -
Effective programmes for NEET young people : a case study evaluation
(2006)The transition phase of moving from compulsory schooling to tertiary training, education or employment is an important part of the life cycle in most societies. When this transition is achieved successfully, young people ... -
Embedding learning for future and imagined communities in portfolio assessment
(Unitec ePress, 2015-09-15)In tertiary contexts where adults study writing for future academic purposes, teaching and learning via portfolio provides them with multiple opportunities to create and recreate texts characteristic of their future and ... -
An emergency response to ‘going off your face’ at school
(2012)Glen, aged nine, has been threatened to be expelled from an exemplary school on account of his uncontrollable and dangerous rages. David Epston contrives with Glen and his family to ‘team up’ against the reputation this ... -
End-of-life care needs of people dying from stroke in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore : a space for palliative care
(2014)AIMS: 1. Investigate the illness pathway of people dying of stroke in Singapore, New Zealand and Australia; and 2. Undertake a comparison of the needs of people dying of stroke between these countries. METHODS: A ... -
Experiencing women’s advocacy : connections with and departures from a feminist socio-political movement to end violence against women
(Unitec ePress, 2015-08-13)This article examines how contemporary women’s advocates working in New Zealand with women experiencing intimate partner violence regard their work and how these experiences both connect with and depart from a feminist ... -
A family and community approach to stealing
(Guilford Publications, Inc., 2013)Stealing, a common problem of childhood and adolescence, is often regarded as an expression of distress and is associated with parental “distance” and family breakups, especially in older children (Patterson 1982, p. 263). ... -
Happiness is not only your right, it’s your duty : the new age spiritism of Salto Quântico
(University of California Press, 2016)Salto Quântico is a rapidly growing religious movement based in Aracaju, Brazil. Syncretising New Age, Spiritist and Christian precepts, the group exposes followers to spiritual discourse and ideology imparted by enlightened ... -
Housing issues in Auckland
(Auckland District Council of Social Service Inc. (ADCOSS), 2016-02)Recently, I went to hear Alan Johnson (Salvation Army Policy Analyst) speak on the topic of housing, and how Auckland itself got into this mess. Here are some of my thoughts on that speech. Alan Johnson started by asking ... -
International social work: Bodies with organs
(2007)Many of our colleagues have asked us to write a paper for an Australian and New Zealand audience on international social work and, as we shall see, there are various bodies with vital organs, with apologies to Deleuze ... -
Lay members of New Zealand research ethics committees : who and what do they represent?
(Sage Publications, 2015)Since the 1988 Cartwright Inquiry, lay members of ethics committees have been tasked with ensuring that ordinary New Zealanders are not forgotten in ethical deliberations. Unlike Institutional Review Boards (IRBs, or ethics ... -
The meanings of gender and the home space for recipients of palliative care, and some implications for social workers in the field
(The International Association of Schools of Social Work, 2014-09)This article explores the occupation of gendered spaces on the part of four men and four women journeying through palliative care. Drawing on ethnographic and interview data focussing on participants’ experiences with ...
