Charities
Where do our charity donations go?
Most fundraisers who approach people on the street or go door to door, are working for professional fundraising agencies. The biggest of those is Appco New Zealand, which says last year it raised $900… Audio
Education and charity sector worry about cost of police checks
Schools and charitable organisations say that a proposed law which would see them pay for police checks could cost them thousands of dollars a year, leaving them to choose between footing the bill or… Audio
Warning that charities ill prepared to take on social housing
Some social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up large numbers of state houses and run them themselves could bite off more than they can chew. Audio
Charities may lose status over annual return status
Thousands of charities have been threatened with being thrown off the official register after going for years without filing annual returns -- which, an expert says, leaves the system open to abuse. Audio
Ideas for 16 June 2013
New Zealanders give billions of tax-deductible dollars to charities each year and businesses owned by charitable trusts generate millions of dollars of tax free profits. As a result, hundreds of… Audio
Insight, Sunday 30 August: Perfect Storm
Sue Ingram explores the impact the recession is having on the not-for-profit sector. Audio