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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Oceans Before Me Charitable Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

OBM

Registration number:

CC58043

NZBN number:

9429048355407

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2020

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

749 Welcome Bay Road

RD 5

Waitao

Tauranga

3175

Charity's other details

Website:

https://oceansbeforeme.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/oceansbeforeme

Other Social Network:

https://www.instagram.com/oceansbeforeme/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Kaupapa Māori

Marae, Affiliation with iwi and/or hapū, Focuses on outcomes for Māori, Ownership

Pasifika

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC58043

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Education Advancement: We are dedicated to supporting and empowering communities by elevating Indigenous Narratives through Music and Education. Other purposes beneficial to the Community: assist with music development and production including building relationships and working alongside indigenous communities through touring our Educational workshops.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

We use music to support the voices

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Beneficiaries:

People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

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	30/09/2025	24/09/2025	$74,768	$47,339	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	21/09/2024	$34,247	$65,589	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	28/06/2023	$95,839	$61,158	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	19/09/2022	$9,883	$7,510	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	6/09/2021	$12,558	$4,115	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Grace Keriana Leota	Trustee	13/06/2024
Davida Iosefa	Trustee	16/02/2022
Bryan Marsh	Trustee	27/01/2022
Glynn Faitele Owen	Co-Founder Guardian and Trustee	25/05/2020
Josephine Mamia Tuisaula	Chair Trustee	25/05/2020

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Daphiney Tuangane Araipu Owen	Co-Founder Guardian and Chief Executive Officer	13/06/2024

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)
7/08/2025	NOC011
6/12/2023	NOC009
4/03/2022	NOC006
13/04/2021	NOC004
22/10/2020	NOC003
22/10/2020	NOC002
26/08/2020	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name