Whangarei Festivals Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Whangarei
Whangarei Festivals Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Whangarei, Whangarei. Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at March 2026.
Mission: This trust is created to provide governance for arts festivals in Whangarei initiated by the trust and to support the development of innovative and accessible arts events that expose the community to diverse art experiences. To provide presentation, education and professional development opportunities to emerging contemporary artists and a framework for local and visiting contemporary artists to develop their art form, create and present work, connect and increase audience reach.
- Registration Number
- CC59087
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2021-04-08
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Whangarei, Whangarei
- whangareifringe@gmail.com
- Data as at
- March 2026
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2026-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2025 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M |
| 2022 | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (7)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Barrett-Steeples’s | Treasurer | 2025-11-10 |
| Carolyn Smith | Secretary | 2025-05-12 |
| Belinda Caesar | Chair | 2024-09-30 |
| Kelly Johnson | Trustee | 2022-07-22 |
| Bridget Westenra | Trustee | 2021-03-29 |
| Hayley Clark | Trustee | 2021-03-29 |
| Laurel Devenie | Trustee | 2021-03-29 |
Former Officers (4)
- Blair Strang — Trustee (departed 2025-07-30)
- Carys Burkhardt — Treasurer (departed 2025-05-12)
- Leonard Murupaenga — Trustee (departed 2022-05-12)
- Georgia-May Pope — Trustee (departed 2025-05-30)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $30,000
- Pub Charity Limited — $11,498.33
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $6,267
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Whangarei Festivals Trust
Financial data as at March 2026. Sourced from Charities Services register.
XRB Tier 3 lets smaller charities (total expenses of $5M or less; $2M for periods ending before 28 March 2024) file a simple-format performance report instead of full PBE standards. 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 our $2M rating threshold. (Whether the accounts must be audited is a separate Charities Act test: audit from $1.1M of operating expenditure, review from $550K.) 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 — set at the pre-2024 Tier 3 ceiling; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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- Government-funding concentration94% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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About
This trust is created to provide governance for arts festivals in Whangarei initiated by the trust and to support the development of innovative and accessible arts events that expose the community to diverse art experiences. To provide presentation, education and professional development opportunities to emerging contemporary artists and a framework for local and visiting contemporary artists to develop their art form, create and present work, connect and increase audience reach.
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