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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Queenstown Writers and Readers Festival Charitable Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Queenstown Writers Festival

Registration number:

CC63835

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

19/09/2025

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 653

Queenstown

9348

Charity's Street Address:

C/- Mactodd Lawyers

2/26 Hawthorne Drive

Frankton

Queenstown

9300

Charity's other details

Areas of Operation:

Otago

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC63835

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The charitable purposes of the Trust are to establish and administer a writers and readers festival in the Queenstown Lakes District involving and celebrating the work of local, national and international writers, to provide educational opportunities for writers and readers, to support initiatives that will contribute to and facilitate collaboration amongst writers; to support literacy and to recognise the views and expectations of tangata whenua.

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

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

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

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Gladys Henderson	Trustee	30/03/2025
Jennifer Smart	Trustee	29/07/2023
Deborah Marie Jamieson	Trustee	30/07/2022
Christine Judith Fitzpatrick	Trustee	3/09/2019
Tanya Jayne Surrey	Chairperson	3/09/2019

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