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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Maori Initiatives Trust

Registration number:

CC56811

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

9/05/2019

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

10 Preston Avenue

Henderson

Auckland

0610

Charity's other details

Phone:

021 0236 1696

Email:

info@maoriinitiatives.org

Website:

https://maoriinitiatives.org

Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/maoriinitiatives

Other Social Network:

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Overseas

Oceania

Solomon Islands

Africa

Kenya

North America

United States

Asia

Israel

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Kaupapa Māori

Focuses on outcomes for Māori

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC56811

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The Charitable purpose of the Trust is to promote economic, social, cultural and spiritual prosperity for communities; and in particular: (a) For the relief of poverty within New Zealand and abroad by facilitating the building of affordable and sustainable homes in communities; (b) For advancement of education in NZ by facilitating the training, rehabilitation and skills development of at risk youth and other community members living in communities; (c) For advancement of the Christian faith within NZ and overseas.

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

Activities:

Provides religious services / activities

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

Sectors:

Social services

Community development, Employment, Economic development

Beneficiaries:

Family / whanau

General public

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
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2025	31/10/2025	28/10/2025	$31,676	$40,727	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	20/12/2024	23/09/2025	$8,965	$7,319	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	31/10/2023	26/10/2023	$1,320	$7,486	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	31/12/2022	19/12/2022	$121,000	$103,318	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	31/10/2021	30/10/2021	$115,097	$88,677	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	28/09/2020	$11,380	$9,190	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Cynthia Miller	Trustee	9/04/2025
Deana Kathleen Lye	Trustee	23/04/2024
Gregory Hutana	Trustee	31/03/2021
Paul Wihongi	Trustee	31/03/2021
Steven John Hutana	Trustee	28/03/2019

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Gloria Whyte	Trustee	21/04/2024
Betty Kuia Whakatau	Trustee	5/09/2023
Bruce Leslie Christensen	Trustee	15/03/2021

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)
10/04/2025	NOC010
24/04/2024	NOC009
13/10/2023	NOC007
31/10/2021	NOC005
27/04/2021	NOC003
7/04/2021	NOC002

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name