Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board — Education Charity in Wellington
Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C (60/100). Annual revenue: $39.1M NZD. 2 red flags detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: To continue to strengthen the growth of the Kohanga movement and the everyday use of Te Reo Māori including whanau learning and development.
- Registration Number
- CC11324
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-10-10
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (60/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- info@kohanga.ac.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $39.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $37.5M NZD
- Total Assets
- $87.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $32.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 22.1 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 114
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $39.1M | $37.5M | $32.1M |
| 2024 | $19.6M | $18.6M | $29.9M |
| 2023 | $19.5M | $17.9M | $28.8M |
| 2022 | $16.6M | $15.4M | $26.9M |
| 2021 | $14.9M | $15.5M | $25.5M |
| 2020 | $15.6M | $14.9M | $17.5M |
| 2019 | $12.2M | $11.6M | $16.8M |
| 2018 | $10.0M | $10.5M | $18.2M |
| 2017 | $10.5M | $9.8M | $18.4M |
| 2016 | $10.2M | $9.0M | $17.3M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 60/100
- Financial Score
- 52.2
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
- Holding 22.1 months of expenses in reserves ($32.1M) — above the 18-month threshold (within 12 months of threshold). On its own, holding high reserves cannot take a CharityData grade below C, so this grade was held at that level
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (26)
- Henare Te Kotuku Te Aika-Puanaki — Trustee
- Lorraine Hale — Trustee
- Jonathan Te Rire — Trustee
- Andrew Reiper — Trustee
- Eugene Cassidy — Trustee
- Tom Alesana — Trustee (departed 2025-07-18)
- Peggy Luke-Ngaheke — Trustee
- Hoana McMillian — Trustee
- Angus Hartley — CEO
- Susan Tipene — Trustee (departed 2023-04-22)
- Tariana Turia — Trustee (departed 2023-04-22)
- Matuakore Hook — Trustee
- Hurimoana Dennis — Trustee
- Tewheoro Rangikotua — Trustee (departed 2025-01-05)
- Waihoroi Hoterene — Trustee (departed 2023-04-22)
- Daniel Procter — Trustee
- Manuera Tohu — Trustee (departed 2016-05-22)
- Graham Latimer — Trustee (departed 2014-06-24)
- Toni James Davis Waho — Trustee (departed 2014-11-24)
- Drusilla Barrett — Trustee (departed 2017-12-12)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Rangi | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Whetu Wehi | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Wira Gardiner | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Carmel Sepuloni | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Susan Tipene | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Te Arikinui Arokitaake | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Dame Karen Sewell | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Hoana McMillan | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Eruera Manuera | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Hirini Kaa | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Harikoa Aparaita | Chief Executive | - | 2023 |
| Daniel Procter | Co-chair | - | 2024 |
| Hurimoana Dennis | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Dame Tariana Turia | Co-Chair | - | 2021 |
| Matua Hook | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Monique Angus | Chair | - | 2023 |
| Wikitoria Tahua | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Waihoroi Hoterene | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Merepeka Founding Family | Founding Family | - | 2019 |
| Aroha Bennett | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Wikitoria Koia | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Zirus Zuber | Auditor (Director, Grant Thornton) | - | 2024 |
| Hone Te Rire | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Anaru Rieper | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Rangimarie Hunia | Chair | - | 2020 |
| John Tamihere | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Hine Boyes | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Peggy Luke-Ngaheke | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Hoana McMillan | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Te Wheoro Rangikotua | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Peggy Luke-Ngaheke | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Raniera Procter | Heamana Takirua (Co-Chair) | - | 2024 |
| Te Arikinui Kingi Tuheitia | Te Whare Punanga Kōrero | - | 2021 |
| Merepeka Maipi | Trustee | - | 2020 |
| Matuakore Hook | Trustee | - | 2021 |
| Eugene Cassidy | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Rangi Whakataki | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Grant McCallum | Chief Financial Officer | - | 2023 |
| Daniel Procter | Co-Chair | - | 2021 |
| Dame Iritana Tawhiwhirangi | Trustee | - | 2024 |
| Anahera Morehu | Trustee | - | 2023 |
| Tom Alesana | Trustee/Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Nga wai hono i te po Paki | Trustee/Board Member | - | 2024 |
| Te Wheoro Rangikotua | Heamana Takirua (Co-Chair) | - | 2024 |
| Hurimoana Dennis | Trustee | - | 2021 |
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2021)
As disclosed in Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board's annual report.
- Tertiary Education Commission – Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua — Funding for Kōhanga Reo
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education — Funding for Kōhanga Reo operations and capital works (TAP - Targeted Assistance for Participation)
Service Providers
- Zirus Zuber
- KPMG
- Westpac
- ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited
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Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board
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 11. 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.
- Government-funding concentration82% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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.
$39.1M
$37.5M
$87.5M
114
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
To continue to strengthen the growth of the Kohanga movement and the everyday use of Te Reo Māori including whanau learning and development.
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