Waitomo Caves Museum Society Incorporated — Education Charity in Waitomo
Waitomo Caves Museum Society Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Waitomo, Waitomo. Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: In addition to supporting and benefiting the community, museum and educational activities will be focused on the science, exploration, development and tourism use, of caves and karst landscapes throughout Waitomo Caves and the rest of New Zealand, alongside the social, natural and cultural histories, including mana whenua significance, of the Waitomo Caves area.
- Registration Number
- CC32240
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Waitomo, Waitomo
- Website
- http://www.waitomodiscovery.org
- accounts@waitomodiscovery.org
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Older people, Other charities
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.5M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.4M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 9
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.4M |
| 2024 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.5M |
| 2023 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.3M | $0.4M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.6M |
| 2019 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.7M |
| 2018 | $0.7M | $0.8M | $0.7M |
| 2017 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.7M |
| 2016 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.8M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Dunn | Chair | 2025-09-30 |
| Rena Morgan | Trustee | 2025-09-30 |
| Huia Davis | Trustee | 2025-09-30 |
| The Department of Conservation | Board Representative | 2013-10-16 |
| Taanetinorau Opataia Trust | Board Representative | 2009-10-01 |
| Licensee of the Waitomo Glowworm Cave | Board Representative | 2007-10-31 |
| The Waitomo District Council | Board Representative | 2006-10-31 |
Former Officers (32)
- Damian Sicely — Treasurer (departed 2026-04-01)
- Danny Lurman — Trustee (departed 2025-09-30)
- Hiria Kohe-Love — Vice Chairperson (departed 2025-09-30)
- Angus Stubbs — Trustee (departed 2025-09-30)
- Travis Cross — Trustee (departed 2023-01-01)
- Martha Ash — Secretary (departed 2018-11-14)
- Henriata Nicholas — Trustee (departed 2018-09-27)
- Tracy Coleman — Treasurer (departed 2018-02-27)
- Ross Barnes — Trustee (departed 2017-09-30)
- Marc Lenton — Trustee (departed 2018-11-14)
- Carl Fischer — Trustee (departed 2018-03-27)
- Benjamin Stubbs — Chair (departed 2025-09-30)
- Gordon Hewston — Board Representative (departed 2016-09-30)
- Neil Francis — Chair (departed 2017-02-10)
- Richard Howard — Trustee (departed 2015-09-16)
- John Anderson — Trustee (departed 2022-04-21)
- Rebecca Burgess — Treasurer (departed 2014-12-24)
- John Hegarty — Treasurer (departed 2012-12-02)
- John Ash — Trustee (departed 2018-11-14)
- Stanley Vick — Trustee (departed 2013-07-16)
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Waitomo Caves Museum Society Incorporated
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.)
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In addition to supporting and benefiting the community, museum and educational activities will be focused on the science, exploration, development and tourism use, of caves and karst landscapes throughout Waitomo Caves and the rest of New Zealand, alongside the social, natural and cultural histories, including mana whenua significance, of the Waitomo Caves area.
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