New Zealand Opera Limited — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
New Zealand Opera Limited is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity C (63.3/100). Annual revenue: $7.0M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
New Zealand Opera Limited's finances are included in the consolidated accounts filed by New Zealand Opera Holdings Trust (CC51542). The registrations report largely the same money — adding their revenue together counts it twice.
Mission: Enriching the cultural life of Aotearoa through an experience of opera that connects, engages and inspires reflection on our human condition
- Registration Number
- CC22724
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-04-08
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (63.3/100)
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- hello@nzopera.co.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $7.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $6.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1.6 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 15
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7.0M | $6.6M | $0.9M |
| 2024 | $6.2M | $6.7M | $0.5M |
| 2023 | $6.4M | $7.7M | $1.0M |
| 2022 | $7.4M | $7.3M | $2.2M |
| 2021 | $6.3M | $5.8M | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $5.8M | $5.2M | $1.6M |
| 2019 | $6.3M | $5.6M | $0.9M |
| 2018 | $7.6M | $7.7M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $8.1M | $8.6M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $7.4M | $7.3M | $0.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 63.3/100
- Financial Score
- 62.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Hamish Bell | Director | 2025-05-01 |
| Alice Shearman | Director | 2025-04-29 |
| Peter Doyle | Director | 2025-03-04 |
| Joanna Heslop | Director | 2022-06-20 |
| Timothy (Tim) Brown | Director | 2014-11-10 |
Former Officers (27)
- Ngaere Duff — Director (departed 2026-05-06)
- Julian Knights — Director (departed 2026-08-27)
- Te Oti Paipeta Rakena — Director (departed 2024-12-31)
- Carol Hirschfeld — Director (departed 2023-05-28)
- Murray Shaw — Director (departed 2021-05-21)
- Leopino Foliaki — Director (departed 2025-09-30)
- Rachael Walkinton — Director (departed 2021-05-21)
- Witi Ihimaera Smiler — Director (departed 2021-05-21)
- Storm Mcvay — Director (departed 2019-08-01)
- Annabel Holland — Director (departed 2026-05-06)
- Annika Streefland — Director (departed 2024-03-31)
- Matthew Maling — Director (departed 2020-10-10)
- Zhiyun He — Director (departed 2024-12-31)
- Kate Burtt — Director (departed 2016-11-08)
- Suzanne Snively — Director (departed 2025-09-04)
- Chanelle Farmer — Director (departed 2019-05-13)
- Jeffrey Shaw — Board Secretary (departed 2010-11-23)
- Aidan Lang — General Director (departed 2014-01-31)
- Athol Mann — Director (departed 2014-12-31)
- Philip King — Director (departed 2019-10-18)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $577,623 | - |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $577,623 | 2023 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Management | $577,623 | 2024 |
Funding Sources
- Pub Charity Limited — $390,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $208,000
- Foundation North — $201,090
- Foundation North — $90,000
- New Zealand Community Trust — $50,000
- Foundation North — $35,000
- Foundation North — $35,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $35,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $25,000
- Foundation North — $21,200
- Pelorus Trust — $11,395
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $10,000
- Kiwi Gaming Foundation Limited — $10,000
- One Foundation — $8,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $5,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $5,000
- The Lion Foundation — $4,800
- We Care Community Trust — $3,397
Service Providers
- KPMG
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New Zealand Opera Limited
Financial data as at December 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 5. 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.
- Same audit firm for many yearsSame audit firm (KPMG) for 9 consecutive years — best practice rotates audit firms periodically to refresh independent oversight
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 (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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Enriching the cultural life of Aotearoa through an experience of opera that connects, engages and inspires reflection on our human condition
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Ranked against 22 peers · Arts & Culture · $1M – $10M
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