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This is the charity information for: Our Food Network Ōtepoti Incorporated.

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Our Food Network Ōtepoti Incorporated

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

OFN

Registration number:

CC56681

NZBN number:

9429046921239

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

4/02/2019

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 46

Waitati

9069

Charity's Street Address:

2397 Waikouaiti-Waitati Road

Seacliff

Waikouaiti

9471

Charity's other details

Phone:

022 086 7264

Email:

ourfoodnetwork@gmail.com

Website:

https://www.ourfoodnetwork.org.nz

Facebook:

www.facebook.com/OurFoodNetwork

Other Social Network:

Instagram: Our_food_network

Areas of Operation:

Otago

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC56681

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Society is established and maintained exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely: • benefiting the community by promoting and stimulating the production, distribution and consumption of local food; advancing knowledge about sustainable practices, and the building of healthy, resilient and connected communities so people and the environment flourish. • These purposes will be achieved by facilitating and engaging in local and regional networks; leading and supporting initiatives such as events, workshops and programmes for education. • The society shall encourage policies and practices that reflect New Zealand’s cultural diversity and in particular consider the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Community development

Beneficiaries:

General public

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 for the year ending 31 March 2019 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	23/09/2026	$31,564	$33,872	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	25/09/2025	$34,875	$32,371	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	27/09/2024	$16,225	$81,624	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	24/09/2023	$84,548	$62,102	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	27/09/2022	$64,789	$16,725	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	26/09/2021	$19,874	$10,575	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	25/09/2020	$1,256	$7,756	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	-	-	-	-	Exempt

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Edward Ivan Landreth	Committee member	2/09/2026
Jessica Corbett	Book keeper	29/09/2025
Karena Garratt	Committee Member	8/09/2025
Suzanne Marie Smith	Committee member	30/06/2025
Robyn Susan Zink	Committee member	24/09/2024
Sue Novell	Officer	29/08/2023
Jennifer Upton	Chair	25/06/2018
Sean Connelly	Committee Member	25/06/2018

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Thomas Timothy McKinlay	Committee member	6/08/2026
Reiko Kurihara	Treasurer	26/01/2026
Rebecca Perez	Officer	29/11/2024
Geoffrey Allan Craig	Officer	22/08/2024
Andrew Barratt	Committee Member	19/03/2024
Kitty Caldwell	Chairperson	29/08/2023
Tony Rac	Treasurer	29/08/2023
Sophie Ann Carty	Committee Member	9/03/2020
Kimberly Romeril	Committee Member	15/07/2019

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)
18/11/2025	NOC010
18/11/2025	NOC009
24/09/2023	NOC006
15/09/2019	NOC001

Charity Documents

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