Tawhiri Limited — Education Charity in Wellington
Tawhiri Limited is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $2.5M NZD. Financial data as at June 2022.
Mission: To establish, organise, promote and maintain artistic and cultural events, including arts festivals for the educational benefit of the citizens of New Zealand to be centred and staged in Wellington
- Registration Number
- CC56703
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2019-05-10
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- hello@tawhiri.nz
- Data as at
- June 2022
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $2.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $2.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 17
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2022-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2.5M | $2.4M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.1M | $0.1M |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $-0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| David Inns | Director | 2023-06-28 |
| Sarah Kemp | Chair | 2023-03-01 |
| Mele Wendt | Director | 2022-11-17 |
| Annabel McCallum | Director | 2022-10-13 |
| Benjamin Ngaia | Director | 2022-10-13 |
| Nicola Ngawati | Director | 2022-10-13 |
| Allan Frost | Director | 2020-09-29 |
| Susan Freeman-Greene | Director | 2019-07-01 |
Former Officers (11)
- Tory Whanau — Director (departed 2025-10-11)
- Elizabeth Kerr — Chair (departed 2023-03-01)
- Andrew Foster — Director (departed 2022-10-08)
- Anna Kominik — Director (departed 2022-12-13)
- Matthew Bale — Director (departed 2021-03-16)
- Charles Royal — Director (departed 2024-05-27)
- Wayne Mulligan — Director (departed 2022-04-06)
- Justin Lester — Director (departed 2019-12-01)
- Leslie Foy — Director (departed 2019-11-25)
- Geoffrey Dangerfield — Executive Chair (departed 2021-10-21)
- Megan Williams — Director (departed 2019-07-01)
Funding Sources
- The Lion Foundation — $10,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $4,495.17
Reporting Group Members
Tawhiri Limited files a consolidated Annual Return jointly with 2 sibling charities:
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Tawhiri Limited
Financial data as at June 2022. Sourced from Charities Services register.
This charity is a member of a Charities Services reporting group — its parent charity files one consolidated annual return covering the whole group. Because the member's individual return is empty by design (the financial data lives at the parent level), there's nothing on the member's own books for the standard scorecard to measure. The relevant rating, financial figures, and red flags are on the parent charity's profile — follow the link above to see them. The member is part of an ACTIVE filing group; this is not the same as "stale" or "dormant".
How ratings work →$2.5M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2022). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Part of a reporting group. Tawhiri Limited files its annual return under the consolidated return filed by New Zealand Festival Trust. The financial figures and rating shown for this charity reflect the parent's consolidated filing — see the parent's profile for the underlying disclosure.
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To establish, organise, promote and maintain artistic and cultural events, including arts festivals for the educational benefit of the citizens of New Zealand to be centred and staged in Wellington
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Ranked against 37 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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Tawhiri Limited is one of 3 charities in a Charities Services reporting group. Members file a single consolidated Annual Return together, so the financial figures on each member’s page reflect the combined group — not standalone operations.
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