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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Totara Park Playcentre.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Totara Park Playcentre
CC30815
N/A
Deregistered
15/05/2026

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

$0
$0

Below are details of Totara Park Playcentre at the date of deregistration:

Totara Park Playcentre
CC30815
N/A
Deregistered

Registration details

30/06/2008
August 31

Registration history

Registration Action Date effective Reason
De-registered 15/05/2026 The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity
Registered 30/06/2008
Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

128 California Drive
Totara Park
Upper Hutt
5018

Charity's other details

hutt.office@playcentre.org.nz


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC30815

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Playcentre was instrumental in introducing the concept of education through play and through child-initiated activities to the early childhood setting in New Zealand. This philosophy has since been adopted throughout all New Zealand through the curriculum for early childhood education, Te Whāriki. The organisation believes that parents are the first and best educators of their children and children learn best when they initiate their learning through play (child-initiated play). Within the centres children and adults learn alongside each other, in agreement with the socio-cultural model of learning which posits that a child learns best when surrounded by trusted members of his or her community. Each Playcentre is a cooperative. Parents decide how their centre will run and are responsible for the education of their children. Parents also make decisions giving direction to how their association (regional body) and the NZPF (national body) will run

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

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Education / training / research

Family / whanau

Children / young people

Entity Structure

Children 0-6 years, normally in mixed age groups, attend 1/2 day sessions run by parents - minimum of 1 adult to five children, no more than 5x a week. Parents manage all aspects of each Playcentre including the premises, administration, education of children & adults. Playcentres are chartered ECE providers with the NZ Ministry of Education. Independent research & audits by ERO confirm the quality of Playcentre's programmes

Annual Returns

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Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 28 February 2009 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 28 February 2010.

Please note: This charity is a member of a Group which submits Consolidated Annual Returns. To view these Annual Returns on the Group Summary click here. Any Annual Returns listed below were submitted when this charity was a single entity.

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Kelsie Wright Property Officer 15/09/2023
Michael Challands Secretary 15/09/2023
Sandra Patricia Collier Treasurer 1/09/2022

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Hollie Elizabeth Hallsworth President 15/11/2022
Bridget Louise Trotter Secretary 1/09/2022
Sophie Lovell Treasurer 1/09/2022
Andrew Robert Patrick Treasurer 31/10/2021
Clare Sian Rose Dalley Co-President 11/10/2020
Jenn Layton Secretary 11/10/2020
Michelle Keighley Co-President 11/10/2020
Naomi Elizabeth Broughton Treasurer 11/10/2020
Catriona McFarlane Treasurer 6/10/2018
Jenna Bottcher Information Officer 6/10/2018
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Charity Updates

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16/11/2023 NOC024
27/08/2023 NOC023
22/11/2021 NOC022
30/10/2020 NOC021
17/12/2018 NOC020
20/11/2017 NOC018
30/11/2016 NOC016
14/12/2015 NOC015
7/06/2014 NOC014
29/03/2014 NOC013
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