The Methodist Church of New Zealand Te Haahi Weteriana O Aotearoa Lower North Island Synod (4000) — Religion Charity in Wellington
The Methodist Church of New Zealand Te Haahi Weteriana O Aotearoa Lower North Island Synod (4000) is a Unincorporated Organisation charity in the Religion sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at June 2026.
Mission: To exercise governance on behalf of the Conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and to initiate, guide, encourage and exercise a corporate episcopacy of the people called Methodists in the region of the Lower North Island Synod.
- Registration Number
- CC44630
- Charity Type
- Unincorporated Organisation
- Registration Date
- 2010-07-13
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Religion
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.methodist.org.nz
- treasurer.LNIS@methodist.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2026
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Religious groups
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $8.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $8.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 9
- Financial Year End
- 2026-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $8.1M |
| 2025 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $8.2M |
| 2024 | $2.8M | $0.3M | $8.2M |
| 2023 | $0.5M | $0.2M | $5.6M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $5.3M |
| 2021 | $2.8M | $0.2M | $5.3M |
| 2020 | $0.8M | $0.1M | $2.7M |
| 2019 | $0.2M | $0.1M | $2.0M |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $0.1M | $2.0M |
| 2017 | $0.3M | $0.1M | $1.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (24)
- Morris van Voornveld — Finance Manager
- Sesilili Kato — Property Secretary
- Kalo Kaisa — Executive Member
- Glen Williams — Treasurer
- Sandra Williams — Executive Member
- Neti Petaia — Superintendent
- Nicola Grundy — Superintendant (departed 2024-12-31)
- Sarah Laurenson — Secretary
- Rosie Greening — Synod Secretary (departed 2022-06-30)
- Robert Ferguson — Co Superintendent (departed 2022-09-30)
- Jackie Cocker — Treasurer (departed 2019-05-31)
- Anthony Franklin-Ross — Co-Superintendent (departed 2021-01-31)
- Filo Tu — Secretary (departed 2017-12-31)
- David Harding — Co-Superintendent (departed 2016-12-31)
- Ian Harris — Executive Member
- Ron Malpass — Co-Superintendent (departed 2016-12-31)
- Bruce Wilson — Treasurer (departed 2017-03-31)
- Lindsay Taylor — Property Secretary (departed 2021-01-31)
- Katharine McHardie — Officer (departed 2015-01-31)
- Tony Bell — Synod Superintendent (departed 2015-01-31)
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The Methodist Church of New Zealand Te Haahi Weteriana O Aotearoa Lower North Island Synod (4000)
Financial data as at June 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →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 8. 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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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2026). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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To exercise governance on behalf of the Conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand and to initiate, guide, encourage and exercise a corporate episcopacy of the people called Methodists in the region of the Lower North Island Synod.
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