Whitireia Community Law Centre Trust — Advocacy Charity in Porirua
Whitireia Community Law Centre Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Advocacy sector, based in Porirua, Porirua. Annual revenue: $1.2M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: The Whitireia Community Law Centre ('the Law Centre') exists primarily to address unmet legal needs of the Porirua and Kapiti communities through the provision of legal services. In particular services are targeted at people who have diminished access to justice through either a lack of resources or a lack of knowledge. The Law Centre will also empower the wider community by increasing awareness of legal rights and responsibilities and promoting improved access to justice.
- Registration Number
- CC10830
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-08-13
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Advocacy
- Location
- Porirua, Porirua
- info@pkclc.com
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.2M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.9M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.0M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.9M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 11
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.2M | $0.9M | $0.9M |
| 2024 | $1.0M | $0.9M | $0.7M |
| 2023 | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.6M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
| 2016 | $0.4M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (5)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jury Teniteni-Smeaton | Trustee | 2024-10-09 |
| Isabel Lemanutau | Trustee | 2024-10-08 |
| Paul HingMather | Trustee | 2024-02-07 |
| Marina Wall | Trustee | 2023-06-14 |
| Angus Ward | Trustee | 2021-12-02 |
Former Officers (17)
- William Bevan Qsm — Managing Solicitor (departed 2026-05-19)
- Michelle Lomax — Managing Solicitor (departed 2026-05-05)
- Michele Hamblin — Trustee (departed 2024-06-10)
- Eirenei Vailaau-Ah Kuo — Trustee (departed 2023-05-31)
- Rahui Katene — Trustee-Chairperson (departed 2020-06-04)
- Michael Sceats — Managing Solicitor (departed 2022-12-12)
- Conrad Petersen — Trustee (departed 2025-05-16)
- Geraldine Woods — Trustee (departed 2024-10-09)
- Peter Foster — Trustee (departed 2017-02-16)
- Donald Mather — Trustee (departed 2021-12-06)
- Maryanne Mckennie — Trustee (departed 2016-12-31)
- Maureen Betham — Trustee (departed 2014-10-16)
- Mahu Wineera — Trustee (departed 2018-09-27)
- Taima Fagaloa — N/a (departed 2008-08-20)
- Jocelyn Afford — Chair (departed 2009-06-30)
- David Oughton — Trustee (departed 2011-06-30)
- June Stefanitsis — Trustee (departed 2011-06-30)
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Whitireia Community Law Centre 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.)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 5. 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.
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$1.2M
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$998.3K
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The Whitireia Community Law Centre ('the Law Centre') exists primarily to address unmet legal needs of the Porirua and Kapiti communities through the provision of legal services. In particular services are targeted at people who have diminished access to justice through either a lack of resources or a lack of knowledge. The Law Centre will also empower the wider community by increasing awareness of legal rights and responsibilities and promoting improved access to justice.
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