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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Maungaraki Playcentre.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Maungaraki Playcentre
CC37177
N/A
Deregistered
19/12/2025

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

$0
$0

Below are details of Maungaraki Playcentre at the date of deregistration:

Maungaraki Playcentre
CC37177
N/A
Deregistered

Registration details

30/06/2008
August 31

Registration history

Registration Action Date effective Reason
De-registered 19/12/2025 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

11 Cedar Street
Maungaraki
Lower Hutt
5010

Charity's other details

022 853 9335
maungaraki@playcentre.org.nz
https://www.playcentre.org.nz/centre/maungaraki/


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC37177

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.

Other (please state)

(Education Services), Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Education / training / research

Family / whanau

Children / young people

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

Annual Returns

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Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 28 Febraury 2009 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 28 Febraury 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
Iris Bernard De Saint Leger President 5/10/2024
Kate Davis Secretary 5/10/2024
Stephanie Papps Treasurer 16/10/2023

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Charissa Jayne Ardron Treasurer 16/10/2024
Lottie Butcher President 16/10/2024
Gemma Robinson Secretary 1/10/2024
Emily Mary Burns Treasurer 27/04/2020
Jessica Pieper Information/Enrolments 10/04/2020
Ellen Murray Co-President 14/10/2019
Brandy Mariu Treasurer 6/03/2019
Donna Gabites Centre Member 15/10/2018
Fiona Kerr Education Officer 15/10/2018
Milla Hong Education Officer 1/12/2017
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Charity Updates

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14/06/2023 NOC036
23/11/2020 NOC035
22/05/2020 NOC034
27/04/2020 NOC033
13/12/2019 NOC032
6/03/2019 NOC030
17/12/2018 NOC029
18/12/2017 NOC027
24/07/2017 NOC026
25/11/2016 NOC024
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