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.

Celebrating generosity in Tairāwhiti-Gisborne

21 Nov 2019

The Sunrise Foundation just celebrated five years of generosity and giving in Tairāwhiti-Gisborne, yet the funding landscape is changing quickly....

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Gifts in wills shaping the future

29 Oct 2019

I’ve been learning what the future of giving looks like and how gifts in wills will shape the funding environment in years to come...

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Make your giving go further

07 Oct 2019

This week we launch our bright new brand and we are very proud to explain, in what we think is a much clearer way, what we do...

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Making our communities stronger, together

01 Oct 2019

What exciting times. It is easy to come back from the annual CFNZ conference inspired; the unity and collective spirit of our various community foundations creates real energy....

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The philanthropic conversation

11 Sept 2019

While many people don’t think of themselves as philanthropists we find that most people do want to make a difference in the world...

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Simple solution as charitable Trusts struggle

27 Jul 2019

New Zealand ranks highly against other countries when it comes to charitable giving. We have been philanthropic for a very long time and our country is well endowed – in fact, some would say over-endowed – with Charitable Trusts...

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