He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated — Education Charity in Wellington
He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated is a Incorporated Society charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity D+ (54.5/100). Annual revenue: $80.4M NZD. Financial data as at June 2025.
Mission: Provision of Early Childhood Services
- Registration Number
- CC11092
- Charity Type
- Incorporated Society
- Registration Date
- 2007-09-12
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- D+ (54.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- info@wmkindergartens.org.nz
- Data as at
- June 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, Migrants / refugees
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $80.4M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $80.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $37.2M NZD
- Net Assets
- $31.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.7 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1390
- Volunteers
- 4
- Financial Year End
- 2025-06-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $80.4M | $80.7M | $31.5M |
| 2024 | $77.5M | $79.0M | $31.8M |
| 2023 | $71.2M | $69.2M | $33.2M |
| 2022 | $65.1M | $64.8M | $31.3M |
| 2021 | $60.4M | $60.6M | $31.0M |
| 2020 | $57.6M | $57.3M | $31.2M |
| 2019 | $46.1M | $45.3M | $31.0M |
| 2018 | $44.7M | $44.0M | $30.2M |
| 2017 | $43.9M | $43.1M | $29.5M |
| 2016 | $42.5M | $43.0M | $28.8M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- D+
- Overall Score
- 54.5/100
- Financial Score
- 50
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (10)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Owens | Trustee | 2025-10-22 |
| Kylie Semu | Trustee | 2024-11-07 |
| Rachel Graves | Trustee | 2024-11-07 |
| Jessica Firmin | Trustee | 2022-09-29 |
| Hayley Galo | Trustee | 2022-05-20 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Trustee | 2021-10-26 |
| Miranda Zander | Trustee | 2020-09-22 |
| Amanda Coulston | CEO | 2014-08-06 |
| Brendon Fyfe-Gits | Cfo | 2014-08-06 |
| Amy Weightman | Coo | 2013-09-24 |
Former Officers (50)
- Anne Prescott — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Emma McGregor — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Daniel Wark — Trustee
- Natasha Munro — Trustee
- Anna Faasolo — Trustee (departed 2024-11-07)
- Ashley Newson — Trustee (departed 2024-11-07)
- Joanna Young — Trustee (departed 2022-09-28)
- Martin Robinson — Trustee (departed 2025-10-22)
- Allanah Clark — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Genia Kohrt — Trustee (departed 2023-08-31)
- Kyran Smith — Trustee (departed 2021-09-23)
- Jodi Watene — Trustee (departed 2019-10-15)
- Monika Ciolek — Trustee (departed 2021-09-23)
- Iona To'omaga-Iona — Trustee (departed 2023-08-31)
- Tania Jones — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Cristina Rizos — Trustee (departed 2020-09-22)
- Crawley Julie — Trustee (departed 2017-09-19)
- Degu Geddebo — Trustee (departed 2018-02-13)
- Jane Braun — Deputy Ceo (departed 2021-05-27)
- Amber Donaldson — Trustee (departed 2016-04-30)
Disclosed Pay and Fees
| Name | Role | Role type | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Leadership Team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | Group total | $971,000 | - |
| Senior Leadership Team (aggregate) | Senior Leadership Team | Group total | $971,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Board Members | Group total | $39,000 | 2025 |
| Board/Trustees (aggregate) | Board Members | Group total | $39,000 | - |
| Mary Okeroa | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Rachel Graves | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Kyran Smith | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Ashley Newson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Te Arikinui Horo | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| B Kennerley | Auditor - Partner | Role not classified | - | 2021 |
| Kaye Butler | Chairperson | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Kylie Semu | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Anne Prescott | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Daniel Wark | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Daniel Wark | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Natasha Munro | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Aroha Keenan | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Shelley Coad | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Allanah Clark | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Teresa Wharehoka | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Tania Jones | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| N Breckell | Partner, Auditor | Role not classified | - | 2024 |
| Sheridan Bevin | Chairperson | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Jessica Firmin | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Sher Coates | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Mirander Zander | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Wendy Maguire | Trustee | Board or trustee role | - | 2023 |
| Kyran Smith | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Anna Faasolo | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Jessica Firmin | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Natasha Munro | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Martin Robinson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Ashley Newson | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Anna Faasolo | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Amy Weightman | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Anne Prescott | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Tania Jones | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Iona To'omaga-Iona | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Emma McGregor | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Monika Ciolek | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Joanna Young | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Kathleen Cooper | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Genia Kohrt | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Amy Weightman | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Monika Ciolek | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2022 |
| Christina Rizos | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Joanna Young | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2021 |
| Miranda Zander | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
| Hayley Galo | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2024 |
| Martha Iosia | Board Member | Board or trustee role | - | 2025 |
Funding Sources
- Pelorus Trust — $37,671.72
- New Zealand Community Trust — $30,000
- Pelorus Trust — $22,666
- Air Rescue Services Limited — $16,399
- New Zealand Community Trust — $15,000
- One Foundation — $2,195
- One Foundation — $2,117
- Trillian Trust — $1,100
Major Funders and Contracts (FY2025)
As disclosed in He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated's annual report.
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | Ministry of Education — $47,122,600 (58.6% of revenue) — Early Childhood Education Funding
Service Providers
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Grant Thornton
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership
- Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Limited
- Telfer Young (from CBRE)
- Telfer Young (CBRE)
- TrueBridge Partners Limited
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He Whānau Manaaki o Tararua Free Kindergarten Association Incorporated
Financial data as at June 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 10. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
- Government-funding concentration89% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
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