Latest news
Latest in generosity news on topics of interest across New Zealand, in the media and from our regular and guest bloggers
- SEPTEMBER IS WILLS MONTH! Read our news article in The Post about Kiwis intentionally shaping their legacies - read the article here.
- Read our article with LawNews July 2025 'How lawyers and their clients can help the charitable sector' - read the article here.
- Read our article in Chartered Accountants Australia-New Zealand's Acuity Magazine April 2025 "How everyone can benefit from philanthropy"- read the article here.
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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Community philanthropy has never been more important
16 Mar 2020
What a time we are seeing. As the fallout from Covid-19 deepens, there is no doubt that our communities will face increasing hardship. It sure is a test of human solidarity, and we will see community priorities having to change over the coming year...
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Good governance matters
10 Mar 2020
Community Foundations have a bit of a unique role in communities. We operate with one foot in the charity sector and the other in the philanthropy sector. Our key roles include...
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Ensuring maximum returns to the community
03 Mar 2020
When Trust Porirua chose to transfer their $5.5 million fund to Nikau Foundation to manage in October 2018, we made a commitment to ensuring maximum returns to the community...
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