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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Manawatū Access Media Charitable Trust.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Manawatū Access Media Charitable Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Manawatū People's Radio

Registration number:

CC24948

NZBN number:

9429042954033

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

26/05/2008

Balance Date:

June 30

Name change history

Name	Effective Date
Manawatu Access Radio Charitable Trust	26/05/2008
Manawatū Access Media Charitable Trust	2/07/2024

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 4666

Manawatu Mail Centre

Palmerston North

4442

Charity's Street Address:

162 Broadway Avenue

Palmerston North

4410

Charity's other details

Phone:

06 357 9340

Email:

info@mpr.nz

Website:

http://www.mpr.nz

Facebook:

facebook.com/manawatupeoplesradio

Twitter:

twitter.com/mpr_nz

Other Social Network:

instagram.com/mprnz

Areas of Operation:

Manawatu - Wanganui

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC24948

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To provide opportunities, facilities, support and training to individuals and organisations in our community, to create content that reflect their views and values.

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

Activities:

Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy, Community broadcasting

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Beneficiaries:

General public

Children / young people, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, Older people, People with disabilities, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Family / whanau, Migrants / refugees, Religious groups

Legal Structure

Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act

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.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
30/06/2026	31/12/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
30/06/2025	31/12/2025	18/12/2025	$323,146	$344,895	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	18/11/2024	$347,454	$339,868	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023	31/12/2023	15/12/2023	$314,934	$298,456	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2022	31/12/2022	23/12/2022	$284,103	$270,087	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021	31/12/2021	23/11/2021	$300,193	$277,293	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020	31/12/2020	28/10/2020	$225,265	$253,383	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2019	31/12/2019	17/12/2019	$304,355	$253,084	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2018	31/12/2018	14/12/2018	$199,502	$205,443	Included in Annual Return
30/06/2017	31/12/2017	14/12/2017	$216,549	$219,556	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Maree Joy Gibson	Trustee	12/05/2026
Richard Douglas Woolgar	Trustee	10/02/2026
Ruth Charissa Bateson	Trustee	10/02/2026
Franco Vaccarino	Trustee	11/02/2025
Vicki Maree Wills	Trustee	9/07/2024
Benjamin Schmidt	Trustee	23/11/2020
Wendy Sullivan	Treasurer	31/07/2018
Mayette Maling-Cope	Trustee	26/06/2018
Margaret Ann Comrie	Chair	16/09/2004

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Phoebe Driscole	Trustee	11/02/2025
Anton Carter	Trustee	9/07/2024
Justin Ngai	Secretary	27/02/2024
Jon Bowen	Treasurer	31/12/2022
Peter Cleave	Trustee	4/06/2022
Colin Krivan	Trustee	10/05/2022
Cat Pausé	Treasurer	12/04/2022
Vicki Wills	Trustee	14/09/2021
Jon Bowen	Trustee	23/02/2021
Peter John Wheeler	Trustee	25/02/2020
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Charity Updates

Here is a list of all the details changed by the charity, for example adding or removing officers, amending rules, changing balance dates or updating address details.

Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
12/06/2026	NOC032
25/03/2026	NOC031
12/02/2025	NOC029
17/09/2024	NOC027
13/08/2024	NOC026
2/07/2024	NOC025
2/07/2024	NOC024
14/03/2023	NOC022
13/05/2022	NOC020
29/11/2021	NOC019
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name