The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust — Health Charity in Auckland
The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust is a Trust charity in the Health sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: BANZAT has the general objects of allocating and administering funding for the purpose: (a) To set standards and to make rulings on braille code usage within New Zealand; (b) To maintain awareness of, and consistency with, current international developments in all braille codes; (c) To accredit practitioners involved in braille production; (d) To promote braille as the prime literacy medium for blind people; (e) To promote best practice in teaching, acquisition and distribution of braille.
- Registration Number
- CC45306
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-09-12
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- https://www.banzat.org.nz/
- secretary@banzat.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (trust)
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 3
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Kyung Chung | Trustee | 2025-09-17 |
| Kishore Chhetri | Trustee | 2025-07-04 |
| Chantelle Griffiths | Trustee | 2023-09-19 |
| Helen Hansen | Trustee | 2023-09-19 |
| Leeanne Wojtowicz | Trustee | 2021-09-14 |
| Paul Brown | Trustee | 2018-09-11 |
| Nicola McDowell | Trustee | 2018-09-11 |
| Leyna Coleman | Trustee | 2018-07-04 |
| Maria Stevens | Trustee | 2010-08-10 |
Former Officers (20)
- Nigel Ngahiwi — Trustee (departed 2025-07-14)
- Karen Stobbs — Trustee (departed 2023-09-19)
- Justine Edwards — Trustee (departed 2024-03-12)
- David Smith — Trustee (departed 2024-07-03)
- Amanda Gough — Trustee (departed 2025-09-17)
- Peter McGlinchey — Trustee (departed 2019-09-10)
- Natalie Stewart — Trustee (departed 2019-09-10)
- Julia Budd — Trustee (departed 2018-09-11)
- Karen Plimmer — Individual Trustee (departed 2016-03-15)
- Rose Radford — Trustee (departed 2014-03-18)
- Wendy Richards — Trustee (departed 2023-09-19)
- Mary Schnackenberg — Trustee (departed 2023-09-19)
- Raeleen Smith — Trustee (departed 2012-09-12)
- Paula Waby — Trustee (departed 2018-07-04)
- Elizabeth Wesseling — Trustee (departed 2016-09-12)
- Janet Reynolds — Trustee (departed 2014-06-14)
- Jennifer Mcfadden — Trustee (departed 2020-09-15)
- Gaynor Edgar — Trustee (departed 2011-03-01)
- Stephen Bellamy — Trustee (departed 2016-09-06)
- Marion Satherley — Trustee (departed 2017-09-05)
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The Braille Authority of New Zealand Aotearoa Trust
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
How ratings work →Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 9. 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.
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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About
BANZAT has the general objects of allocating and administering funding for the purpose: (a) To set standards and to make rulings on braille code usage within New Zealand; (b) To maintain awareness of, and consistency with, current international developments in all braille codes; (c) To accredit practitioners involved in braille production; (d) To promote braille as the prime literacy medium for blind people; (e) To promote best practice in teaching, acquisition and distribution of braille.
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