Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust — Education Charity in Gisborne
Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Gisborne, Gisborne. CharityData rates this charity C+ (69/100). Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: The relief of poverty, the advancement of education, employment or any other matter beneficial to the community of Tairāwhiti region and more particularly the advancement of education by educating members of the Tairāwhiti Whenua Group and the wider community of Tairāwhiti on climate change, other statutory and regulatory changes and other matters affecting agricultural, forestry and horticultural activities in the Tairāwhiti, region.
- Registration Number
- CC61010
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2022-12-22
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (69/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Gisborne, Gisborne
- kylee.potae@bdo.co.nz
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Family / whanau, General public, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $2.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 6.9 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.4M |
| 2023 | - | - | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 69/100
- Financial Score
- 85
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Severne | Trustee | 2026-07-06 |
| Josiah Cook | Trustee | 2025-09-26 |
| Thomas Te Kahu | Trustee | 2024-12-19 |
| Alan Haronga | Trustee | 2022-12-01 |
| David Battin | Trustee | 2022-12-01 |
| Ingrid Collins | Trustee | 2022-12-01 |
| Hayden Swann | Trustee | 2022-12-01 |
Former Officers (3)
- Henare Walker — Trustee (departed 2025-09-26)
- Matene Blandford — Trustee (departed 2025-09-30)
- Hilton Collier — Trustee (departed 2025-06-26)
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Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 7. 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.
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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$591.0K
$2.0M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
About
The relief of poverty, the advancement of education, employment or any other matter beneficial to the community of Tairāwhiti region and more particularly the advancement of education by educating members of the Tairāwhiti Whenua Group and the wider community of Tairāwhiti on climate change, other statutory and regulatory changes and other matters affecting agricultural, forestry and horticultural activities in the Tairāwhiti, region.
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HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 130 peers · Education · $100K – $1M
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