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.
Shaping your personal legacy
05 Sept 2024
Dame Fran Wilde, Chair of Nikau Foundation (the Wellington region's community foundation) writes how donors are now thinking more strategically: "They are thinking about the future and want to make sure that they are maximising the impact of their philanthropic dollar..."
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Over $1.3b gifted by Kiwis
02 Sept 2024
With the cost-of-living crisis, the ongoing impacts of the global Covid pandemic and with increased natural disasters around the country in recent years, more New Zealanders are not only looking to support locally they are also leaving bequests in their wills to benefit their community...
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Lifting all waka on the rising tide
28 Aug 2024
Miriama Kamo writes about thoughtful giving that will have the most impact for Aotearoa....
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The Great Wealth Transfer is our opportunity to do things differently
19 Aug 2024
Recent research in the UK shows how crucial professional advisors are in growing philanthropy. Eleanor Cater writes of some of the findings from this research...
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A love of the outdoors sparks legacy gift
13 Aug 2024
The late Gwenda Martin will be remembered for many things. For her passion for the outdoors, her many creative pursuits and political activism, hands-on teaching style and for Taihoa; the Orongorongo Valley hut she built from scratch with her Onslow College students over 50 years ago.
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Improving philanthropy through a series of moments
12 Aug 2024
"Philanthropy is having a moment". This seemed a teaser by CE Maree Sidey and a taste of what was to come at the Philanthropy Australia conference in Adelaide, shining sunlight on traditional norms of philanthropy and exploring ways to improve practice through shifting perspectives...
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