Museum Of Transport And Technology — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
Museum Of Transport And Technology is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity F (38.5/100). Annual revenue: $25.1M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: MOTAT’s Vision is to use past, present and future technology and ingenuity of Aotearoa to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow. It will do this by creating multi-dimensional experiences aligned with its Vision and its collection with a view to expanding the Museum’s audience and reach.
- Registration Number
- CC30945
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- F (38.5/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.motat.org.nz
- enquiries@motat.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Voluntary bodies other than charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $25.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $25.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $73.9M NZD
- Net Assets
- $62.6M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.3 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 184
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $25.1M | $25.7M | $62.6M |
| 2024 | $24.4M | $24.6M | $65.2M |
| 2023 | $24.3M | $23.0M | $64.5M |
| 2022 | $21.7M | $20.0M | $62.5M |
| 2021 | $18.3M | $19.4M | $60.8M |
| 2020 | $19.9M | $18.1M | $61.9M |
| 2019 | $17.9M | $18.4M | $66.5M |
| 2018 | $18.7M | $19.0M | $60.6M |
| 2017 | $16.3M | $16.2M | $60.7M |
| 2016 | $15.3M | $13.3M | $60.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- F
- Overall Score
- 38.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- Annual return discloses a related-party loan totalling $285,000 on non-arm's-length terms (latest FY 2021-06-30) — may warrant trustee review.
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Gosling | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Louise Harris | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Thomas Irvine | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Simon Neale | Trustee | 2025-10-01 |
| Alastair Carruthers | Trustee | 2024-10-01 |
| Heather Ruru | Trustee | 2024-10-01 |
| Hema Sridhar | Trustee | 2023-10-01 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | 2022-10-01 |
| Amit Prasad | Trustee | 2018-10-01 |
Former Officers (45)
- Gabriel Kirkwood — Trustee
- Jeremy Sole — Trustee
- Gernt Lensink — Trustee
- Mary Webster — Trustee
- Nicholas Waipara — Trustee
- Tupara Morrison — Trustee
- Brian Young — Trustee
- David Downs — Trustee
- Gavin Fernandez — Trustee
- Samantha Sharif — Trustee
- Bruce Howat — Trustee
- Bruce Hucker — Trustee
- Helen Atkins — Trustee (departed 2026-09-30)
- Sue Wood — Trustee
- Graeme Osborne — Trustee
- Phillip Heath — Trustee
- Lesley McTurk — Chair
- Judith Tizard — Trustee
- James Douglas — Trustee
- Lindsey Corban — Trustee (departed 2022-10-01)
Disclosed Pay and Fees
| Name | Role | Role type | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Executive Management Team (aggregate) | Executive Management | Group total | $950,926 | 2024 |
| Executive Management Team (aggregate) | Executive Management | Group total | $950,926 | - |
| Board Members (aggregate) | Board Member | Group total | $125,750 | - |
| Board Members (aggregate) | Board Member | Group total | $125,750 | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | General Manager Collections | Executive role | - | 2021 |
| Alison Loyd | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Penny Webster | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive/Museum Director | Executive role | - | 2021 |
| Peter Shirtcliffe | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Penny Webster | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Paula Rose | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive / Museum Director | Executive role | - | 2024 |
| Sally Manuireva | Director, Museum Experience | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Dr Brian Young | Trustee / Health and Safety Committee Representative | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Dr Brian Young | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Graeme Hansen | Chief Executive Officer | Executive role | - | 2020 |
| Michael Frawley | Chief Executive / Museum Director | Executive role | - | 2023 |
| Sally Manuireva | General Manager-Museum Experience | Executive role | - | 2023 |
| Christine Ward | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Peter Lensink | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Craig Goodall | General Manager-Business Services | Executive role | - | 2023 |
| Helen Atkins | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Helen Atkins | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Sue Wood | Board Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Samantha Sharif | Trustee / Audit and Risk Committee Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Gabriel Kirkwood | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | Director, Collections | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Alba Letts | General Manager-Collections | Executive role | - | 2023 |
| Hema Sridhar | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Peter Lensink | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Lindsay Corban | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| David Downs | Development Review Group Board Representative | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| David Mdonough | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Sally Manuireva | General Manager Museum Experience | Executive role | - | 2021 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee / Development Review Group Representative | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Jeremy Sole | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Gavin Fernandez | Trustee / Strategy and Funding Committee Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Amit Prasad | Deputy Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Lindsay Corban | Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Amit Prasad | Deputy Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Tupara Morrison | Trustee / Strategy and Funding Committee Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Dr Bruce Hucker | Trustee / Health and Safety Committee Representative | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Dr Nicholas Waipara | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Helen Atkins | Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Gavin Fernandez | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Helen Atkins | Board Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Sue Wood | Trustee / Chair of Appointments Performance and Remuneration Committee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Sue Wood | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Amit Prasad | Trustee / Chair of Audit and Risk Committee | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Craig Hickman-Goodall | Chief Operating Officer | Executive role | - | 2024 |
| Kevin Fahey | Chair | Board or trustee role | - | 2020 |
| Wayne Schache | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2024)
As disclosed in Museum Of Transport And Technology's annual report.
- Auckland Council — $18,527,250 — Levy funding for operational costs and capital objectives
- Eke Panuku — Dockline Tram service operation in Wynyard Quarter
Service Providers
- Audit New Zealand
- Tātaki Auckland Unlimited
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Museum Of Transport And Technology
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 10. 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.
- Current annual return overdueThe newest annual return we hold is 27 months old — a more recent return may already be on the Charities Services register
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.
$25.1M
$25.7M
$73.9M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
This rating may reflect incomplete data
This charity's grade of F is based on limited data from the NZ Charities Register, which does not provide detailed expense breakdowns. Without verified program vs admin spending, efficiency scoring is unavailable and the financial score relies on health metrics only. This charity's actual performance may differ from what the available data suggests.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
About
MOTAT’s Vision is to use past, present and future technology and ingenuity of Aotearoa to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow. It will do this by creating multi-dimensional experiences aligned with its Vision and its collection with a view to expanding the Museum’s audience and reach.
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