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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Merz Institute

Registration number:

CC59597

NZBN number:

9429050034567

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

3/11/2021

Balance Date:

June 30

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

Restricted

Charity's Street Address:

Restricted

Charity's other details

Website:

https://merzinstitute.org

Other Social Network:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/merzinstitute/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC59597

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Protect and enhance the natural world and work to identify, research and understand issues affecting the natural world and develop and implement solutions.

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

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Environment / conservation

Beneficiaries:

General public

Animals

Entity Structure

Charitable Trust governed by Trustees

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.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure
30/06/2024	31/12/2024	27/05/2025	$0	$0
30/06/2023	31/03/2024	12/06/2024	$0	$0
30/06/2022	15/07/2023	18/07/2023	$0	$0

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Talia Rebekah Merz	Trustee	11/06/2025
Joseph Joel Merz	Donor, Trustee and Guardian	3/11/2021
Michael Kevin Joy	Trustee	27/10/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Simon Peter Michaux	Trustee	31/05/2025
Tobias Emmanuel Merz	Trustee	31/05/2025

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)
13/06/2025	NOC008
6/06/2025	NOC007
16/01/2024	NOC004
15/01/2024	NOC003
15/01/2024	NOC002

Charity Documents

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