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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Zen Institute Of New Zealand SMR Incorporated.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Zen Institute Of New Zealand SMR Incorporated

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

ZENZ

Registration number:

CC23963

NZBN number:

9429042905967

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

5/05/2008

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 30057

Barrington

Christchurch

8244

Charity's Street Address:

4 Kennedy Place

Hillsborough

Christchurch

8022

Charity's other details

Phone:

021 238 4618

Email:

secretary@zen.org.nz

Website:

http://www.zen.org.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC23963

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To encourage the practice and study of Zen Buddhism in accordance with the individual realisation of the Enlightened Way by Shakyamuni Buddha, then transmitted through his successors, including Dogen Zenji, and as expounded in his “Mountains and Rivers Sutra“. To provide opportunities for training in Zen Buddhism in New Zealand under the guidance of, and with support from, the Mountains and Rivers Order.

Note: The main sectors, activities and beneficiaries are bolded.

Activities:

Provides religious services / activities

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers), Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

Religious activities

Community development, Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

General public

Religious groups, Prison Inmates

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

Annual Returns

Annual Returns are due within 6 months of a charity’s balance date (financial year-end), or a longer period if an extension has been granted.

Note: Charities that use the Tier 4 Combined Form to file their annual returns do not need to file their financial statements separately. The financial statements are included in their annual return summary.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 30 November 2008 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 30 November 2009.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	23/08/2026	$38,345	$25,239	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2025	10/04/2026	13/04/2026	$106,306	$63,360	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2024	28/02/2025	30/12/2024	$33,461	$29,954	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2023	31/03/2024	21/03/2024	$33,237	$35,320	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2022	31/03/2023	2/04/2023	$33,013	$18,629	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2021	28/02/2022	25/02/2022	$34,570	$16,715	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2020	31/05/2021	17/05/2021	$32,765	$21,855	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2019	15/07/2020	23/07/2020	$31,552	$29,096	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2018	30/04/2019	30/04/2019	$33,602	$14,677	Included in Annual Return
31/08/2017	31/05/2018	29/05/2018	$40,629	$30,958	Included in Annual Return
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= Balance Date Change
-	This Annual Return will cover 7 months from 1 September 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Greg Street	Committee member	22/08/2026
Cameron Broadhurst	Secretary	21/06/2026
Edward Coughlan	Committee member	21/06/2026
Gary Page	Committee member	21/06/2026
Geoffrey Shūgen Arnold Roshi	Guiding Teacher	21/06/2026
Gwitha Nash	Committee member	21/06/2026
Julia O'Connor	Committee member	21/06/2026
Peter Lawless	Committee member	21/06/2026
Steve Ingram	Committee member	21/06/2026
Jacqui Nokes	Treasurer	22/06/2024
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Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Philippa Cosgrove	Treasurer	9/06/2024
Thomas Ewen Phillpotts	Chair	9/06/2024
Liam O'Shea	Treasurer	18/07/2023
Peter Jolly	Treasurer	4/07/2021
Rachel Stockwell	Chair	16/08/2020
Michael Apathy	Chair	13/07/2019
Thomas Phillpotts	Treasurer	31/07/2018
Cameron Broadhurst	Executive Committee Member	16/07/2017
Colin Markwell	Executive Committee Member	16/07/2017
Gwitha Nash	Executive Committee Member	16/07/2017
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Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
28/07/2026	NOC031
21/06/2024	NOC028
6/12/2023	NOC026
28/01/2022	NOC023
27/01/2022	NOC022
15/09/2020	NOC020
12/06/2020	NOC018
11/06/2020	NOC017
25/04/2019	NOC014
31/10/2017	NOC012
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Charity Documents

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