Charities
UN summit seeks answers to new problems
A humanitarian summit in Turkey will look at the changes needed as the world faces its worst conflicts since WWII, say New Zealand aid agencies.
Charity for disadvantaged children struck off over bad loans
A charity for disadvantaged children has been struck off the Charities Register after the man running it used it to lend tens of millions of dollars to his own property projects. Audio
Struck off charity manager says he was "naive"
The manager of a charity for disadvantaged children which was struck off says he was naive when he lent tens of millions of dollars to his own property projects. Audio
Disadvantaged children's charity struck off
A charity for disadvantaged children has been deregistered from the list of official charities, after its boss used it to loan millions of dollars to his own property projects.
Minister keen to help housing trust
A Far North trust is worried about its charitable status - and Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says she could consider a law change to help. Audio
Stop, give a donation, go
What's too aggressive when it comes to fundraising? A Coromandel Group set up a roadblock to ask motorists for money on the weekend. Audio
Charites must step up their standard of financial reporting
Law changes mean charities will need to step up their standard of financial reporting or face deregistration. Audio
Where do our charity donations go?
Most fundraisers who approach people on the street or go door to door, are working for professional fundraising agencies. The biggest of those is Appco New Zealand, which says last year it raised $900… Audio
Education and charity sector worry about cost of police checks
Schools and charitable organisations say that a proposed law which would see them pay for police checks could cost them thousands of dollars a year, leaving them to choose between footing the bill or… Audio
Warning that charities ill prepared to take on social housing
Some social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up large numbers of state houses and run them themselves could bite off more than they can chew. Audio
Charities may lose status over annual return status
Thousands of charities have been threatened with being thrown off the official register after going for years without filing annual returns -- which, an expert says, leaves the system open to abuse. Audio
Ideas for 16 June 2013
New Zealanders give billions of tax-deductible dollars to charities each year and businesses owned by charitable trusts generate millions of dollars of tax free profits. As a result, hundreds of… Audio
Insight, Sunday 30 August: Perfect Storm
Sue Ingram explores the impact the recession is having on the not-for-profit sector. Audio
