Latest news

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

  • "The Great Wealth Transfer is our opportunity to do things differently" - read this recent article published in the New Zealand Law Society's Property Lawyer magazine - read the article here
  • Community foundations have great potential to empower communities from within - read our recent blog published by Alliance Magazine - read the article here
  • Member story of the month! Read this article in The NZ Herald about the Western Bay of Plenty's community foundation, Acorn Foundation, and their record distributions into their community - $3.2m this financial year, and mostly generated from gifts in wills - read the article here

A new way forward

03 Jun 2020

In this (soon to be) post Covid-19 world, times are far from normal, Acorn Foundation considers a new way forward...

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In this together

25 May 2020

Over the last few weeks, we have been reminded many times of fact that, whether we like it or not, we are part of a community...

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Show your love locally

23 Apr 2020

Our new ‘show your love locally’ campaign has really been driven by the generosity we see growing across Aotearoa New Zealand...

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New collaborations widening impact

15 Apr 2020

When stepping back from the daily reality of the lockdown and peering into the future, it is clear to me that our region and nation are going to have to do things differently when the post-Covid-19 environment dawns...

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Community Foundations responses to Covid-19

30 Mar 2020

This year, we know that our local communities will face increasing hardship. Community Foundations are responding in their own regional way...

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Community philanthropy is stepping up

23 Mar 2020

In response to Covid-19 communities are stepping up and here at Community Foundations we are considering how we might help to shape community response and steer philanthropy to where it is going to be needed most in the coming weeks and months ahead...

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