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2019
October
September
- Strong appetite for investments that deliver social impact
- Governance for good; developing the capability of New Zealand’s $20 billion not-for-profit sector
- Checkout the logical place for charities to target
August
- Diana Clement: Sustainable money management
- Men could learn some lessons on investing from women
- Funding non-profits without strings, do unicorns exist?
July
- Individual giving means a range of values are represented
- Changes needed to ensure charity money goes where it’s meant to
- Where Kiwis donate their money, and why starving children in Africa don’t rate
- Applications open for charities to partner in Auckland’s 2020 Round the Bays
- Poto Williams says new Ministerial position ‘an absolute honour and a privilege’
- Profit with a purpose
- The People’s Report on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals – 2019
- Wellbeing data for New Zealanders
June
- New Zealand investigates Samoan church with cryptocurrency links
- Inside Internal Affairs’ Ray Avery inquiry
- The Robin Hood payments system providing a Paywave alternative
May
- There’s an app for that: Wellingtonian develops Givahoy to make it easier to give
- Charitable sector at risk if standards removed
- Can you turn your tropical fish fetish into a charity, and other pressing questions
- 2019 Women in Governance Award Finalists Revealed!
- Destiny Church branch warned over failure to file annual charity return
- Investing makes an impact
- Kiwibank to ditch cheques, risks backlash
- Kiwi companies low in global rankings for charitable donations
- Workshops to take mystery out of community funding
April
- Social enterprises frustrated by NZ law
- But are they doing enough? Victim Support and your charity dollars
- PKF Hamilton gives back to not-for-profits
March
- South Canterbury community funding streamlined
- Aucklanders to Benefit from Million Dollar Grant to Community Programmes
- Donations Advice from DIA Charities Services
- Free business training programme for Rotorua non-profits
February
- Government seeks public views on charities legislation
- Charities’ tax-free status not part of legislation review
- Is it time for charity-owned businesses to start paying tax?
- Tax Working Group recommends keeping an eye on how charities are spending their tax savings
- Charities Act review: community meeting dates and locations released
- Alan Johnson – No surprise in Government’s rejection of community housing
- ‘Flag day’ set to throw hundreds of NZ websites offline for hours or days
January
2018
December
- Australia Govt Supports Charity Advocacy For Marriage
- Pakistan kicks out 18 charities after rejecting final appeal
- Kirsten Taylor: We need a businesslike attitude to charitable donations
- Christmas gifts: Did you really buy a goat?
- 2019 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits
November
- Here’s how you can best support charities this Christmas
- Not-for-Profits: Where does the money go?
- Auckland churches given a reprieve before new rates come in
- Underemployment of people with sight loss – survey
- NZ medical organisations call for boxing ban following charity fight death
- 7 Surprising benefits of volunteering
- Impact-led business takes leap forward with new online platform
October
- New weekend planning tool to support local charities
- Students’ marketing plan impresses Rotary bosses
- Fraud in the charitable sector
- The social enterprise sector comes of age
- South Auckland cowork and makerspace officially launches
- Former senior members of charity face fraud charges
- The super-rich are stockpiling wealth in black-box charities
- Charities Act review public consultation taking place March 2019
September
- Family First Maintains Charitable Status During Appeal
- Part-time workers most likely to lend a hand – Stats NZ
- New Zealand Nonprofit Coworking Space Shares Space and Art
- New workspace model in Tauranga targets non-profit tenants
- Opinion: Cashless society hitting charities in the pocket
- High Court upholds decision to strip Family First of charitable status
August
- 7 myths about volunteering abroad debunked
- Govt moves to shut GST loophole on charities’ asset sales
- Applications open for charities to get $60,000 donation from Auckland’s Round the Bays
- Floating Foundation founder apologises and postpones contentious aid mission
- NZ board directors’ fees up 2.3 per cent over 2017/18 year
- NZ Not-for-Profit Survey highlights cause for concern
- Rata Foundation: MP partners appointed to charity board
- ‘Nobody is comfortable with NZ having worst homelessness record in OECD’ – Finance Minister
- The Sir Ray Avery controversy shows why we need to shine a light on charities
July
- Five reasons not to set up an NFP
- Do-good businesses must prove their heart [Social Enterprises – see this post on this site]
- Soap from a Dunedin hotel is helping keep Ghana clean
- Kiwi is new head of CIOs Without Borders
- Charities Watchdog sues Trustee Association over spam invoicing
- Initiatives to create safer, better communities
- (UK) Value of Small Charities in the Spotlight