The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Auckland
The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Trust Kaupapa: To inspire people through the preservation, promotion and celebration of Hone Tuwhare's legacy. Trust objectives: - To purchase and restore Hone Tuwhare’s crib at Kaka Point, South Otago, for use as a creative residency – the first to be established in the home of a Maori writer. - To support the development of resources for schools and kura kaupapa Maori, in English and Maori, covering poetry, writing, self-expression and Hone’s life and work. To initiate events that celebrate Hone’s contribution to the arts in New Zealand.
- Registration Number
- CC44968
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2010-08-18
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- tuwharetrust@gmail.com
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2017 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (13)
- Mark McKeever — Trustee
- Mary Wells — Trustee
- William Lennox — Chair (departed 2021-10-31)
- Stan Scott — Trustee
- Jeanette Wikaira — Trustee
- Alan Riechelmann — Trustee (departed 2015-02-10)
- Noel Waite — Trustee (departed 2016-10-03)
- Kim Hegan — Trustee (departed 2014-02-28)
- Suze Keith — Trustee (departed 2016-09-01)
- Timothy Shirtcliffe — Trustee (departed 2018-07-16)
- Robert Tuwhare — Trustee
- Ella Henry — Trustee (departed 2010-11-30)
- Carol Hirschfeld — Trustee (departed 2012-08-31)
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The Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust
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Trust Kaupapa: To inspire people through the preservation, promotion and celebration of Hone Tuwhare's legacy. Trust objectives: - To purchase and restore Hone Tuwhare’s crib at Kaka Point, South Otago, for use as a creative residency – the first to be established in the home of a Maori writer. - To support the development of resources for schools and kura kaupapa Maori, in English and Maori, covering poetry, writing, self-expression and Hone’s life and work. To initiate events that celebrate Hone’s contribution to the arts in New Zealand.
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