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Budget 2026 restraints and rising living costs place immense pressure on charities. Presbyterian Support Northern calls for sustainable funding to protect vulnerable communities.

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Report highlights value of Social Workers in Schools

PSN’s Social Workers in Schools service delivers $3.50 in social value per $1 spent - boosting tamariki wellbeing, school engagement, and whānau resilience across 96 North Island schools.

02 July 2025

Improving Access to Bank Accounts for Vulnerable People

We’re calling for fairer access to bank accounts for vulnerable people, including those experiencing family violence, through regulatory change and better support from banks.

25 June 2025

Sky Tower to shine a light on family violence

Auckland’s Sky Tower will be lit up bright orange on July 1st to help draw attention to the high rates of family violence in New Zealand as part of Shine’s annual Light It Orange…

20 June 2025

The PSN Post Winter 2025

Explore stories of warmth, safety and courage this winter - from family support to recovery from abuse and more in our inspiring Winter issue.

16 June 2025

Innovation key to resolving New Zealand’s social issues

Presbyterian Support Northern (PSN), which despite the name is not a church, has a 140-year legacy of providing social service support to vulnerable families.

16 June 2025

Volunteers are our gold

PSN has dozens of volunteers and community helpers giving up their time to work for us. They enhance the quality of the services we provide – they are our gold, our treasure.

06 June 2025

Room for improvement on draft RSE framework

Our children and young people deserve comprehensive best-practice relationships and sexuality education.

22 May 2025

Budget fails to support costs of social service delivery

Presbyterian Support Northern (PSN) welcomes some of the new investment announcements in today’s Budget 2025, but is concerned about rising costs for social service providers.

20 May 2025

Reduced spending on social investment will cost Government more

Budget 2025 is shaping up to be dire for the not-for-profit sector. Finance Minister Nicola Willis has clearly flagged no extra funding and the need for spending to be more impactful.

13 May 2025

Call for better online protection for children

Debate on banning children under 16 from social media is well overdue in New Zealand. We need to take action now to safeguard our children and young people from escalating exposure to…

02 May 2025

Support agencies co-locate at new Tauranga site

Counselling and social services agency Family Works, and home and community support services and individualised funding host Enliven will be co-located at 126 Eleventh Ave, Tauranga, from…

04 April 2025

The PSN Post Easter 2025

Discover inspiring stories of how support is making a real difference in people’s lives, an introduction to our new CEO, and a touching story about the life-changing power of specialised…