Wharewaka O Poneke Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington

Wharewaka O Poneke Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at March 2025.

Mission: To provide an expression of Maori Art and culture in the Wellington Reigon

Registration Number
CC40348
Charity Type
Trust
Registration Date
2009-05-25
Status
Active
Sector
Arts & Culture
Location
Wellington, Wellington
Email
vicki@tekau.maori.nz
Funder Status
Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
Data as at
March 2025

Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Other - All

Financial Summary

Total Revenue
$0.7M NZD
Total Expenses
$0.6M NZD
Total Assets
$11.5M NZD
Net Assets
$4.8M NZD
Reserve Months
0.0 months of operating expenses
Volunteers
0
Financial Year End
2025-03-31

Financial History

YearRevenueExpensesNet Assets
2025$0.7M$0.6M$4.8M
2024$1.7M$1.7M$5.1M
2023$1.3M$1.3M$11.2M
2022$0.8M$1.1M$5.0M
2021$0.7M$0.6M$5.3M
2020$0.8M$0.8M$5.5M
2019$1.1M$1.3M$5.7M
2018$1.1M$1.2M$5.9M
2017$0.9M$0.9M$6.6M
2016$0.3M$0.4M$6.3M

Board Members and Officers

Current Officers (6)

NameRoleAppointed
Andrea ReevesTrustee2025-06-09
James RobertsTrustee2025-06-05
Mahara OkeroaTrustee2019-07-25
Anaru SmilerTrustee2019-07-25
Kathleen RewetiTrustee2015-04-14
Rebecca MellishChair2012-10-11

Former Officers (15)

  • Ihakara Puketapu-Dentice — Trustee (departed 2026-06-03)
  • Mark Te One — Trustee (departed 2022-01-31)
  • Hannah Buchanan — Trustee (departed 2021-09-21)
  • Tamatha Paul — Trustee (departed 2022-10-07)
  • Mahina Puketapu — Trustee (departed 2022-05-30)
  • Peter Gilberd — Trustee (departed 2019-11-22)
  • Jillian Day — Trustee (departed 2022-10-07)
  • Paul Eagle — Trustee (departed 2018-03-31)
  • Ann Reweti — Trustee (departed 2022-12-01)
  • Elizabeth Mellish — Chair (departed 2022-12-01)
  • Morris Love — Trustee (departed 2019-06-30)
  • Stavros Michael — 01/01/2010 (departed 2014-02-18)
  • Ralph Love — Trustee (departed 2012-10-11)
  • Karen Wallace — Trustee (departed 2009-12-01)
  • Wendy Walker — Trustee (departed 2013-02-28)

Funding Sources

  • The Lion Foundation — $20,000

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Wharewaka O Poneke Charitable Trust

CC40348Wellington, WellingtonRegistered 25 May 2009
Data updated: 2 days ago
Financials31 Mar 2025Rating2d ago

Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.

NR
Not rated — Summary-form filing — not enough detail to grade

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 →
Revenue

$668.9K

Expenses

$559.5K

Assets

$11.5M

Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.

Funder Profile

Grantmaker

This organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.

Funding Sectors
Arts & Culture
Beneficiaries
Māori
Geographic Focus
Wellington

About

Mission

To provide an expression of Maori Art and culture in the Wellington Reigon

Who We Serve

Beneficiaries
Children / young peopleFamily / whanauGeneral publicOther - All

Key Statistics

Annual Revenue
$668.9K
Total Expenses
$559.5K
Net Assets
$4.8M
Volunteers
0

Financial Trends

Financial Trends (15 Years)

Expense Breakdown

API Data

Based on annual return data. Detailed program/admin breakdown not available.

Financial Health Dashboard

Cents to the Cause
100c
For every $1 spent, 100c reaches programs
Strong
Sustainability
6.8mo
Could operate 6.8 months with zero revenue
Healthy
Fundraising Cost
-
No fundraising data
No data

Based on latest annual return data. Metrics are calculated from reported financial data and may not reflect the full picture. View methodology

Revenue Diversification

0
Score /100
Highly Concentrated
HHI: 10,000
High Concentration: 100% of revenue from Other
Other100.0%

HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.

Peer Comparison

Ranked against 117 peers · Arts & Culture · $100K – $1M

Rating Score
0
#29/118
Revenue
$669K
#12/118
Reserve Months
0.0
#1/118
Surplus
$109K
#13/118
Staff Cost %
63%
#118/118

Peers are charities in the same sector and revenue size band. Rankings are based on the latest available data.

Rating

Score: /100
Financial
0
Governance
30
Transparency
65
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Contact Details

Address
Wellington, Wellington

Registration

Registration NumberCC40348
Entity TypeTrust
Registered25 May 2009
StatusRegistered

Companies Office

StatusRegistered
Entity TypeCharitable Trust
Incorporated29 Apr 2009
Registered office
Level 9, 1 Grey Street, Wellington Central, Wellington

Sector & Activities

Primary Sector
Arts & Culture
Activities
Provides buildings / facilities / open spaceProvides services (e.g. care / counselling)Other - Acts an Umbrella body

Data sourced from Charities Services register and publicly available annual returns. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. Scores are calculated using disclosed methodology and are analytical tools, not investment ratings or recommendations. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@charitydata.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice. Last updated: 28 September 2026.