Manaiakalani Education Trust — Education Charity in Auckland
Manaiakalani Education Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. CharityData rates this charity C+ (68/100). Annual revenue: $6.5M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at March 2025.
Mission: To develop the capacity of children and families in the Tāmaki community and elsewhere through the advancement of education
- Registration Number
- CC46220
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2011-02-22
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (68/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- Website
- http://www.manaiakalani.org
- jenny.oxley@manaiakalani.org
- Data as at
- March 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $6.5M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $7.1M NZD
- Total Assets
- $11.1M NZD
- Net Assets
- $9.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 7.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 29
- Volunteers
- 0
- Financial Year End
- 2025-03-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $6.5M | $7.1M | $9.7M |
| 2024 | $14.9M | $6.5M | $10.2M |
| 2023 | $8.9M | $8.4M | $1.8M |
| 2022 | $8.6M | $8.0M | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $5.9M | $5.9M | $0.7M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $4.1M | $0.6M |
| 2019 | $3.7M | $3.7M | $0.6M |
| 2018 | $2.9M | $3.1M | $0.5M |
| 2017 | $3.3M | $3.3M | $0.8M |
| 2016 | $2.9M | $2.9M | $0.8M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 68/100
- Financial Score
- 83.6
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 4 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (2)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Senio Alai-Stowers | Trustee | 2026-02-10 |
| Patrick Snedden | Trustee | 2011-02-07 |
Former Officers (16)
- Tyrone Tangata-Makiri — Trustee
- Matthew Cockram — Trustee
- Frank Janssen — Trustee
- Jan Zawadzki — Trustee
- David Clarke — Trustee (departed 2019-03-30)
- Paulitia Peleti — Trustee (departed 2025-03-31)
- Andrea Bakulich-Tele'a — Trustee
- Rangimarie Hunia — Trustee (departed 2022-07-21)
- Chris Klaassen — Trustee (departed 2017-02-23)
- Maria Meredith — Trustee
- Anthony Samuels — Trustee (departed 2025-08-31)
- Brett O'riley — Trustee (departed 2019-08-22)
- Mele Latu — Trustee (departed 2021-06-23)
- Pat Snedden — Trustee
- Robert Carter — Trustee (departed 2021-04-01)
- Greg Va'afusuaga — Trustee (departed 2017-02-23)
Funding Sources
- Hutton Wilson Charitable Trust — $1,000,000
- Hutton Wilson Charitable Trust — $650,000
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Manaiakalani Education Trust
Financial data as at March 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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 8. 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.
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.
$6.5M
$7.1M
$11.1M
29
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
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About
To develop the capacity of children and families in the Tāmaki community and elsewhere through the advancement of education
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 62 peers · Education · $1M – $10M
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