Charities
New Zealand’s charitable sector income - at $21.19 billion - is comparable to the value of its dairy exports.
The business of giving employs 145,000 people full-time, roughly as many as the transport and financial services sector employ combined, according to Stats NZ figures.
Adding to this, more than 217,000 volunteers contribute approximately 1.7 million hours of their time every week.
There are almost 30,000 charities in NZ, overseen by Charities Services, a division of the department of internal affairs.
Yet just a handful of regulator investigations take place each year, and only a few charities are ever struck off.
There is such goodwill in the charities sector that little scrutiny is afforded to these entities, the people who run them, and the things they spend money on.
That’s where we come in.
Books
Review: Warren and Bill
The mateship behind the gift of $65 billion to charity
Scepticism about inherited wealth guides Buffett’s donations to Gates' foundation.
The Life
Free
Gattung sisters share a common thread
Theresa and Angela Gattung are throwing their support behind women-led initiatives.
News in Brief
Charities regulator clears Sikh council
DIA started investigating a complaint about the use of pokie machine grants last year.
Law & Regulation
Arise Church scandal hammers financial results
The results for the year to December 2022 reveal the impact of the fallout.
