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                    Legendary fundraiser Kitty Hilton dies – 30 June 2018

                    Social enterprise to end extreme poverty launches in New Zealand – 25 June 2018

                    (Australia) Senate Approves Inquiry into Charity Fundraising – 20 June 2018 Solar Buddies innovation heating up NZ solar market – 18 June 2018 Impact Investing Could Displace Traditional Charitable Giving – 18 June 2018 (see also this post) Charities Services investigates complaint into seaborne medical aid charity – 15 June 2018 Crew of Floating Foundation aid mission abandon ship on Waiheke Island – 14 June 2018 Seeking public submissions on the Election Access Fund Bill – 14 June 2018 Kiwis’ trust in Government goes up while trust in churches and charities declines – 11 June 2018

                    Corrections making it too hard to volunteer, says charity – 6 June 2018

                    Ākina foundation launches new social enterprise development programme – 29 May 2018 (UK) GDPR chaos as churches stop prayer requests and charities prepare to halt meals on wheels – 25 May 2018 Ensuring a fit for purpose Charities Act – 24 May 2018 (see also this post on this site) Why Hareta Hipango’s Bill makes sense – 20 May 2018 Bread of Life pulls services as more charities chase smaller slice of funding – 17 May 2018 GST rules clarified for non-profit bodies – 15 May 2018 Charity faces liquidation over office dispute – 13 May 2018 From ‘ordinary Joe’ to high-worth individuals, meet the new philanthropists bankrolling NZ – 13 May 2018 NZ’s Gender Diversity Champions Revealed – 11 May 2018 How Garth McVicar’s quick-fire praise over police shooting led to a ‘mistake’ receipt and tax concerns over Sensible Sentencing’s trusts – 11 May 2018 INDUSTRY GAINS RECOGNITION IN NEW ZEALAND’S WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE AWARDS – 3 May 2018

                    Volunteers ‘the backbone of NZ charities, but some roles prove hard to fill – 2 May 2018

                    Volunteering NZ Seeks To Improve Tax Benefits For Volunteers – 30 April 2018 Family First goes to court in hopes of regaining charity status – 30 April 2018 The meaning of true charity – 20 April 2018 SAFE to remain on the Charities Register – 20 April 2018 How Funders Often Hurt The Nonprofits They Are Trying To Help – 19 April 2018

                    Non-traditional fundraising methods from One Percent Collective pulls in millennials – 12 April 2018

                    Internal Affairs investigating charity behind bizarre artificial intelligence system – 5 April 2018

                    Hamilton charity fraudster avoids jail after filing fake tax credits – 5 April 2018 What is a Charity? – 3 April 2018 Rebates scheme benefits charities and business – 22 March 2018 Charities board denies Greenpeace charity status – 21 March 2018 The Charities Registration Board has again declined Greenpeace New Zealand’s application to be registered as a charity, saying the organisation does not advance exclusively charitable purposes. – 21 March 2018 Social media campaigns secure $1million for Kiwi charities – 15 March 2018 ‘Comprehensive’ review of Charities Act now underway, minister Peeni Henare says, as calls to change tax treatment of religious charities grow – 7 March 2018   See also Opinion: The Flying Spaghetti Monster speaks – time to review our religious charity laws – 5 March 2018 Four-Day Working Week Trial – 4 March 2018 Two hundred million dollars going unclaimed by Kiwis – 21 February 2018 New Zealand aid charities have zero tolerance for abuse – 20 February 2018 Good in the Hood – Applications now open – 1 February 2018 Social Investment: A New Zealand Policy Experiment (media release) – 30 January 2018 Charity fraudster wrote own ‘thank you’ letters for donations – 24 January 2018

                    Nonprofits Are Bracing For Facebook’s New News Feed  – 18 January 2018 (see also this post on this site)

                    Cashless donation system set to help local charities – 9 January 2018 Whangarei Art Museum Trust has reporting exemption revoked – 6 January 2018 Bid to make Whanganui NZ’s social enterprise capital – 3 January 2018 Josie Pagani: Misplaced generosity hampers aid efforts – 2 January 2018 Just So Festival at Kaitoke just two months away – 21 December 2017 Destiny Church to fight Charities Commission in High Court – 20 December 2017 Hype about tinned tomatoes has raised the debate on giving – 19 December 2017 Comments rejecting tinned tomatoes ‘ill-judged’ – 15 December 2017 Supermarket chain makes sure no food goes to waste – 10 December 2017 See also Destiny Church charities deregistered Destiny Church charities caught out by 2015 law change  – 22 November 2017 Charities Services Update Beauty plays part in charity – 20 November 2017 A Crowdfunded Chocolate Factory: Let’s Remake the Economy! – 18 November 2017 Bank interested in Whanganui-designed charity app – 11 November 2017 Cause Film Festival calling for submissions – 10 November 2017 Youthquest Kapiti into voluntary liquidation – 3 November 2017 Charities’ funding allocation rules under consideration – 1 November 2017 Governing for good: The joy and pain of not-for-profit governance – 31 October 2017 A new social enterprise sets sights on Christmas – 22 October 2017 Fundraising’s creativity teaches marketers a thing or two – 17 October 2017 Simon Draper: the power of social enterprise – 9 October 2017 Funding is not enough – charities need to empower people – 9 October 2017 Auckland community groups needing financial help get a hand from accounting students – 6 October 2017  <See Also> Destiny Church confident charities won’t be stripped of tax privileges over late filing – 3 October 2017 Investigation into charity trust supporting Maori King sharpens focus – 30 September 2017 ‘Charity companies’ may seek new legal status and tax breaks for social enterprises – 26 September 2017 $1.6m stolen from church to fund gambling habit – 20 September 2017 (Editor’s Note: The final part of the article reads ‘SFO director Julie Read said Papu had full responsibility for the church’s bank accounts. “That authority to record transactions and reconcile bank statements allowed her to manipulate the church’s financial records and disguise her theft. The absence of any segregation of duties or oversight in respect of Ms Papu’s role created the opportunity for her to misappropriate the church’s funds.”  ‘  Trustees/Board members of charities and other non-profit organisations must ensure that there are checks and balances in all financial dealing) How some New Zealand business make billions and pay no tax – 17 september 2017 Family First stripped of charity status – 21 August 2017 Family First To Charities Board – See You Back In Court Family First launches High Court appeal against being stripped of charitable status – 26 September 2017 Tax refund rejections ‘a bit strange’ – 15 August 2017 Emma Espiner: NZ’s double standard on doing good – 10 August 2017
                    On The Nation: Lisa Owen interviews Judith Collins – 22 July 2017 No plans to make churches pay tax on business activities – Collins (video) – 22 July 2017 New Zealand is not collecting enough tax – which is widening the income gap between rich and poor, a new report says   – 17 July 2017 Destiny Church doing ‘pretty poorly’ in filing annual returns as Charities Services considers new approach – 17 July 2017 Exclusive: Charities watchdog may sharpen teeth as Destiny Church lags with annual financial returns – 17 July 2017 Destiny Church founders move into new ‘resort’ home – 24 October 2017 Popular Thank You campaign is coming to New Zealand   – 17 July 2017 “Don’t Panic!” – Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  – 14 July 2017 Local Charities Encouraged to Apply for Share of $1 Million   – 13 July 2017                            The Trusts million dollar fund is back again Charities look to blockchain to track aid   – 12 July 2017 New Zealanders give generously – almost $3 billion a year – but rarely talk about it    – 10 July 2017 Brethren charities worth $300m under investigation    – 8 July 2017 Peter Adams: Trust priceless when it comes to charities – 20 June 2017 Dave Adams: 7 reasons you should become a volunteer  – 19 June 2017 Officials fear $140m charity tax rort – 10 June 2017 Exclusive: Family First to lose charitable status    – 16 May 2017 NGOs, charities seek greater support from Brownlee – 25 April 2017 Fresh charity model makes claiming $60,000 back easy – 20 April 2017 Charitable Kiwis owed $200m by IRD – 6 April 2017 Good Tax News for NZ Charities  – 4 April 2017 Editorial: Ever expanding charity sector needs a vigilant eye – 29 March 2017 Increasing number of charities creating duplication, donor fatigue – 27 March 2017 Charitable payroll enterprise looking to grow  – 17 March 2017 Confusion but food for thought in Charities Report – 16 March 2017 Charities told to merge in order to survive – 13 March 2017 See also: Definition of a charity; How many charities in NZ?   See also – Information on Registration matters See also – Information on Registration matters Scholarships Announced – Catapult Leadership Programme – 20 February 2017 Charity collectors abused for not meeting targets – 15 February 2017 Social Enterprise is fast becoming the new charity in New Zealand – 12 February 2017 See also Social Enterprises Legislation builds stronger charities  (Press release) – 8 February 2017  (Link to the Bill) NZers giving directly to causes, less to charities – 1 February 2017 Child sponsorship dwindling Kiwis would rather give to charity than to beggars, poll shows     Charities regulator risks becoming censor if Destiny Church is booted – 25 November 2016 Budget Buster: Why are we donating millions to the taxman? – 23 October 2016 New Zealanders urged to check charities before donating after Hurricane Matthew – 12 October 2016

                    NZ finally catching up to world with marathon fundraising – 10 October 2016 sponsored link: Auckland Marathon for Mercy Ships

                    Collectors tell of getting the cold shoulder and abused: ‘I got asked if I was from ISIS’ – 7 October 2016

                    Charities hound elderly Auckland dementia sufferer for cash – 19 September 2016

                    Charities are dealing with national financial reporting changes  – 16 September 2016

                    Police vetting Bill will distress volunteering organisations – 13 September 2016 UnitedFuture Secures Better Deal For Charities – Dunne – 14 September 2016

                    Which charities do you support and why? – 6 September 2016

                    Xero may accommodate charities frustrated by lack of reporting template – 24 August 2016

                    Marianne Elliott: Unravelling charities’ ability to do good (opinion) – 16 August 2016

                    Hepatitis Foundation defends sharp rise in expenses – 10 August 2016

                    Givealittle set to start taking a little – 29 July 2016

                    Funds tight for Marlborough social services – 20 July 2016 Social bond programme stalled by negotiations  6 July 2016 Social impact bonds not the answer to anything – NZNO Hepatitis Foundation under investigation  4 July 2016 Opinion:  Heather du Plessis-Allan: A few hard truths about real charity  3 July 2016 Podcast download (or listen online) from BBC – What are the pros and cons of charities becoming more business -like (ANALYSIS programme). Download/listen here – Scroll down to ‘The Charitable Impulse’.  27 June 2016 Ageing population could contribute to decline in charity  20 June 2016 Charity knockback for churches, knights and huskies  19 June 2016 Submissions sought on Charities Amendment Bill (submissions are now closed) Non-profit institutions contributed $6 billion (2.7 percent of the total) to New Zealand’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the year ended March 2013, Statistics New Zealand said today.     14 June 2016 Lawmakers gutless about tackling charity Godzillas, critic says  25 May 2016

                    Charity fundraisers ducking for cover  21 May 2016

                    Church of Scientology files late return amid crackdown on financial reporting laws  15 May 2016 Amnesty, Greenpeace reject PM’s ‘misleading’ remarks on foreign trust link  11 May 2016 Donating to charity getting easier with new app   9 May 2016

                    False cancer claims could land blogger in jail   6 May 2016

                    Shared bank account warning issued  2 May 2016

                    Electronic darts scheme latest in former bankrupt David Blake’s chequered career  1 May 2016 What are social bonds and should NZ embrace private investment in social services?  1May 2016 South Canterbury charities compete for tightening community dollar 28 April 2016 Medical cannabis charity registered  16 April 2016 Charities Board ‘still gunning for Family First NZ’   7 April 2016 Received an invoice by the NZ Trustees Association?  31 March 2016 Farmers threaten animal rights group SAFE’s charitable status  11 March 2016 KidsCan charity warns of alleged advertising scam   9 March 2016 Shane Warne receives extension to complete charity audit   27 February 2016 Changing the face of charity in New Zealand    26 February 2016 South Taranaki brothel children’s charity fundraiser idea slammed by Family First NZ  17 February 2016 Head Hunters charity removed from Charities Register – 28 Jan 2016 Donation buckets getting hard to fill – 14 Jan 2016 New Zealand third most generous country & report says men more likely to give – 11 Nov 2015 Charities struggle to raise money as the wills run dry – 9 Nov 2015 Momentum Waikato: connecting donors to causes – 7 Nov 2015 Govt investigates West Akld charity – 7 Nov 2015 Kiwis are ‘world class’ at giving, but awful at claiming rebates on donations – 3 Nov 2015 Kiwis encouraged to bequest money to charity – 6 September 2015 Charities Services say “We’re putting the record straight” – 4 September 2015 Plan to change the way we give to charity – 16 August 2015 The Business of Giving – 15 August 2015 NZ responsible investments grow 10% in 2014 on back of consumer, charities’ demand – 14 August 2015 Charities deregistered after greater scrutiny – 10 July 2015

                    Charging for police vetting a worry for charities – 1 July 2015;  Govt fees will hit charities hard – Williams – 30 June 2015

                    Court rules Family First is a charity – 1 July 2015

                    Youth exchange students raise over $6,000 for charity – 26 June 2015

                    Pair found guilty over advertising scam – 12 June 2015

                    Social Impact Bonds – 3 June 2015;  Investors await detail of NZ’s first social bond, including how returns are structured – 2 June 2015; NZ Herald Editorial – 3 June 2015;  English’s bonds lacking a universal catch-cry – 13 June 2015 ;

                    Former staff speak out about ‘champagne lunches’ – 16 May 2015

                    Mastermind behind advertising scam targeting charities jailed – 8 May 2015

                    Nepal earthquake: Warnings against charity fraudsters – 1 May 2015

                    Sensible Sentencing Group Trust registered as NZ Charity – 16 April 2015 Call for charities to stop chugging – 13 April 2015 Kidicorp owners give childcare company to charity – 12 April 2015 Charities Must Improve Financial Reporting – 1 April 2015 Food giant Sanitarium appears to be safe from an ongoing Government crackdown on charities …  23 Feb 2015 Charities and volunteer groups are warning the Government they will have to cut back on their services if a proposed charge on criminal checks goes ahead – 16 February 2015 Special needs charity SmileDial to close – 14 February 2015

                    479 Charities de-registered by Charities Services – 13 February 2015 Charity Blitz threatens Olympic Games Plan  – 14 February 2015

                    Summer cheer for children battling bowel disease – 31 Jan 2015

                    Sex trade links to Christchurch youth charity – 31 Jan 2015.    Update 3 Feb 2015    Update 23 April 2015 – Charity to close Social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up and run state houses could be underestimating the task – 29 Jan 2015 Two Timaru Charities fail to file annual returns – 28 Jan 2015 Clothes charity needs new home – 22 Jan 2015 Internet makes giving easy – 17 Jan 2015

                    Warning as cyber-criminals target NZ charities – 16 Jan 2015

                    EFTPOS boosts charity donations –  4 Jan 2015