If you still want to purchase a ticket to Whakamanawa 2023 and/or the Conference Celebration Dinner at Pāremata – Parliament, please email our event support team at info@tomdickandharry.org.nz and they will place you on the waitlist and help you to purchase your ticket. Please do this as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

E ngā waka, e ngā reo, e ngā mana, tena koutou katoa

E ngā Iwi o te motu, e ngā hau e wha

Mihi mai, whakatau mai, haere mai

Nau Mai, Haere Mai ki Whakamanawa 2023 – The National Social Services Conference!

Whakamanawa is the moment for all those working in social service mahi and across the social sector to hui together, be inspired, share learning and keep up-to-date with everything happening in our social sector.

As the host of Whakamanawa, Social Service Providers Te Pai Ora o Aotearoa warmly invites you and your fellow kaimahi to gather with us this May at Whakamanawa 2023. This is the only annual Conference that brings together all those working across Aotearoa New Zealand's community social services and wider social sector. We welcome everyone who works in Aotearoa New Zealand's social sector. You’ll join around 250+ fellow delegates attending from throughout community-based social services, the government social sector and a wide range of connected spaces. Check out our programme-at-a-glance on the Whakamanawa 2023 conference web page, with more to be announced soon!

Whakamanawa 2023 will be our first time being back kanohi ki te kanohi – fully in-person for three years – and we can’t wait to welcome you at Te Papa Tongarewa in beautiful Te Whanganui-a-Tara!

You will leave the conference informed, reconnected and ready to take ideas for action back to your organisation. You will be revitalised to take up the challenges and opportunities of working in te ao huri huri together with Aotearoa New Zealand’s children, rangatahi, families and whānau. We have also announced our keynote kaikōrero Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Jehan Casinader and Chappie Te Kani.

We also encourage you to get your ticket today for the Conference Dinner, to be held in the special location of the Banquet Hall at Paremata – our Parliament. This will be a chance to gather with colleagues and friends and celebrate the impact our social services and social sector makes every day.

So grab your tickets now, and encourage your friends and fellow kaimahi to get theirs, too!

SSPA is grateful to Oranga Tamariki and the Ministry of Social Development Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora for supporting Whakamanawa 2023.

COVID-19 information

This conference will be an in-person only event. All attendees are asked to only attend on the day if you are well. Please stay home if you are unwell. Your ticket can be transferred to a colleague so that they can attend in your place. Let’s continue to work together to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Ticketing information

Registration cancellation and refund policy: Cancellations must be notified in writing by email to office@sspa.org.nz.

Cancellations received on or before 01 April 2023 will be charged an administration fee of $100.

No refund will be given for registration cancellations received after 01 April 2023 (including “no shows” at the conference).

Registrations can be transferred to another delegate at any time by contacting office@sspa.org.nz.
There is no booking fee but if paying by credit card a charge will apply.

You can choose to pay by invoice.

Got questions?

Email Rachel at SSPA anytime: office@sspa.org.nz