He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated — Education Charity in Wellington
He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D+ (54.5/100). Annual revenue: $80.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Provision of Early Childhood Services
- Registration Number
- CC11092
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-09-12
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (54.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- info@wmkindergartens.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $80.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $80.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $37.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $31.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1390
- Volunteers
- 4
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $80.4M | $80.7M | $31.5M |
| 2024 | $77.5M | $79.0M | $31.8M |
| 2023 | $71.2M | $69.2M | $33.2M |
| 2022 | $65.1M | $64.8M | $31.3M |
| 2021 | $60.4M | $60.6M | $31.0M |
| 2020 | $57.6M | $57.3M | $31.2M |
| 2019 | $46.1M | $45.3M | $31.0M |
| 2018 | $44.7M | $44.0M | $30.2M |
| 2017 | $43.9M | $43.1M | $29.5M |
| 2016 | $42.5M | $43.0M | $28.8M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 54.5/100
- Financial Score
- 50
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Owens | Trustee | 2025-10-22 |
| Kylie Semu | Trustee | 2024-11-07 |
| Rachel Graves | Trustee | 2024-11-07 |
| Jessica Firmin | Trustee | 2022-09-29 |
| Hayley Galo | Trustee | 2022-05-20 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Trustee | 2021-10-26 |
| Miranda Zander | Trustee | 2020-09-22 |
| Amanda Coulston | CEO | 2014-08-06 |
| Brendon Fyfe-Gits | Cfo | 2014-08-06 |
| Amy Weightman | Coo | 2013-09-24 |
Former Officers (50)
- Anne Prescott — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Emma McGregor — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Daniel Wark — Trustee
- Natasha Munro — Trustee
- Anna Faasolo — Trustee (departed 2024-11-07)
- Ashley Newson — Trustee (departed 2024-11-07)
- Joanna Young — Trustee (departed 2022-09-28)
- Martin Robinson — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Allanah Clark — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Genia Kohrt — Trustee (departed 2023-08-31)
- Kyran Smith — Trustee (departed 2021-09-23)
- Jodi Watene — Trustee (departed 2019-10-15)
- Monika Ciolek — Trustee (departed 2021-09-23)
- Iona To'omaga-Iona — Trustee (departed 2023-08-31)
- Tania Jones — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Cristina Rizos — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Crawley Julie — Trustee (departed 2017-09-19)
- Degu Geddebo — Trustee (departed 2018-02-13)
- Jane Braun — Deputy Ceo (departed 2021-05-27)
- Amber Donaldson — Trustee (departed 2016-04-30)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Leadership Team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | $971,000 | - |
| Senior Leadership Team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | $971,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Board Members | $39,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Board Members | $39,000 | - |
| Mary Okeroa | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Rachel Graves | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Kyran Smith | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Ashley Newson | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Te Arikinui Horo | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| B Kennerley | Auditor - Partner | - | 2021 |
| Kaye Butler | Chairperson | - | 2023 |
| Kylie Semu | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Anne Prescott | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Daniel Wark | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Daniel Wark | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Natasha Munro | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Aroha Keenan | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Shelley Coad | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Allanah Clark | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Teresa Wharehoka | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Tania Jones | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| N Breckell | Partner, Auditor | - | 2024 |
| Sheridan Bevin | Chairperson | - | 2023 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Jessica Firmin | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Sher Coates | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Mirander Zander | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Wendy Maguire | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Kyran Smith | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Anna Faasolo | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Jessica Firmin | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Natasha Munro | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Ashley Newson | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Anna Faasolo | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Amy Weightman | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Anne Prescott | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Tania Jones | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Monika Ciolek | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Joanna Young | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Amy Weightman | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Monika Ciolek | Board Member | - | 2022 |
| Christina Rizos | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Joanna Young | Board Member | - | 2021 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | - | 2025 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Martha Iosia | Board Member | - | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- Pelorus Trust — $37,671.72
- Pelorus Trust — $22,666
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated's annual report.
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education — $47,122,600 (58.6% of revenue) — Early Childhood Education Funding
Service Providers
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Grant Thornton
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Telfer Young (from CBRE)
- Telfer Young (CBRE)
- TrueBridge Partners Limited
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He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 10. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Government-funding concentration89% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of D+ is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
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