Aronui Arts Festival Charitable Trust — Arts & Culture Charity in Rotorua
Aronui Arts Festival Charitable Trust is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Rotorua, Rotorua. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. Annual revenue: $1.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2024.
Mission: A. The ARONUI Arts Festival Charitable Trust is a charitable trust established to govern the management and all activities in relation to the ARONUI indigenous arts festival that takes place annually in Rotorua. As a part of these indigenous arts, the inaugural ARONUI Arts Festival was established in 2019 to be an independent legacy festival for Te Arawa- Rotorua. B. Having now successfully delivered the 2019 festival, the festival Director Cian Elyse White in accordance with key performing art
- Registration Number
- CC58187
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2020-07-20
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Rotorua, Rotorua
- info@aronuiartsfestival.com
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (charitable_trust)
- Data as at
- June 2024
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Volunteers
- 3
- Financial Year End
- 2024-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.2M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.2M | $0.2M | $0.1M |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| June Grant | Trustee | 2023-01-31 |
| Philip Curtis | Trustee | 2023-01-31 |
| Mercia Yates | Chair | 2020-04-01 |
Former Officers (5)
- Anaru Pewhairangi — Trustee (departed 2023-02-01)
- Jeanette Gardiner — Trustee (departed 2026-01-27)
- Emma Hayde — Trustee (departed 2024-02-27)
- Sophie Williams — Secretary (departed 2022-04-04)
- Cian Elyse White — Treasurer (departed 2023-05-01)
Funding Sources
- New Zealand Community Trust — $60,190
- One Foundation — $51,220.04
- Pub Charity Limited — $34,775.84
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $30,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $15,000
- The Lion Foundation — $1,500
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Aronui Arts Festival Charitable Trust
Financial data as at June 2024. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Charities Services Tier 3 reporting allows charities under $2M revenue to file a simple-format annual return rather than audited financial statements. The return reports totals but not the program/administration split or the line-item detail our template needs. No red flags were detected in what was filed, and revenue is below the $2M Tier 2 boundary where audited accounts become mandatory. A letter grade is withheld rather than assigning one that would be driven by the template-fit, not the charity's operations. The charity's filed figures are shown above, and any structural concerns a donor would want to look at are surfaced separately. (v3.3 — aligned with Charities Services tier boundary; matches Charity Navigator and CharityWatch US practice.)
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$1.4M
$1.2M
$207.2K
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2024). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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A. The ARONUI Arts Festival Charitable Trust is a charitable trust established to govern the management and all activities in relation to the ARONUI indigenous arts festival that takes place annually in Rotorua. As a part of these indigenous arts, the inaugural ARONUI Arts Festival was established in 2019 to be an independent legacy festival for Te Arawa- Rotorua. B. Having now successfully delivered the 2019 festival, the festival Director Cian Elyse White in accordance with key performing art
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