Latest news

Latest in generosity news on topics of interest across New Zealand, in the media and from our regular and guest bloggers

  • Read our article in Chartered Accountants Australia-New Zealand's Acuity Magazine April 2025 "How everyone can benefit from philanthropy"- read the article here.
  • Community foundations have great potential to empower communities from within - read our blog published by Alliance Magazine - read the article here
  • Member story of the month! Read this recent article featured in the Waikato Times from Momentum Waikato Community Foundation: how community foundations create lasting impact through gifts in wills - read the article here.

How lawyers can make a difference to community recovery

18 Sept 2020

It’s been quite a year and it’s certainly been a time when we have seen professionals across New Zealand pause and reflect on what they can do to make a difference...

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September is Wills Month

08 Sept 2020

It never fails to surprise me where people’s passions lie, and everyone is different in terms of what lights their fire...

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Kiwi generosity - it's in our DNA

05 Sept 2020

One of the many aspects of Kiwi life we can be proud of is our generosity. The Global Giving Index places New Zealand third in the world...

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Responding to funding where it’s needed most

31 Jul 2020

It’s been quite a year. When Covid-19 hit, we knew we had to respond to the growing needs in our community and we very quickly set up the Northland Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund, for generous locals to contribute to...

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An immensely rewarding journey

16 Jul 2020

It is a common misapprehension that philanthropic giving is only useful if it is large in scale and amount and that the small donor cannot really make a difference. Yet nothing could be further from the truth...

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Community readiness for when lightning strikes

06 Jul 2020

Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis people have often said to us: "We should have set up an endowment fund five years ago”...

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