New Zealand Book Awards Trust — Education Charity in Auckland
New Zealand Book Awards Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $0.6M NZD. Financial data as at September 2025.
Mission: To promote, encourage and reward standards of excellence in New Zealand literature. To administer New Zealand book awards for adult literature and raise funds and sponsorship for this purpose. To administer New Zealand children's book awards and raise funds and sponsorship for this purpose. To raise funding and sponsorship to administer from time to time such other book awards and events for literature. To increase involvement in developing the community's interest in reading and literacy. To encourage original contributions to New Zealand literature.
- Registration Number
- CC51012
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2014-09-17
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- manager@nzbookawards.org.nz
- Data as at
- September 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 2
- Financial Year End
- 2025-09-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.5M | $0.5M | $0.2M |
| 2018 | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.2M |
| 2017 | $0.4M | $0.4M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.2M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (8)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Jones | Trustee | 2025-09-16 |
| Garth Biggs | Trustee | 2022-03-08 |
| Richard Pamatatau | Trustee | 2020-12-15 |
| Library and Information Association of New Zealand | Trustee | 2016-02-09 |
| Nicola Legat | Chair | 2014-09-17 |
| Booksellers New Zealand Inc | Trustee | 2014-06-24 |
| New Zealand Society of Authors Inc | Trustee | 2014-06-24 |
| Publishers Association of New Zealand Inc | Trustee | 2014-06-24 |
Former Officers (5)
- Rachael King — Trustee (departed 2024-11-28)
- Paula Morris — Trustee (departed 2022-07-23)
- Julia Marshall — Trustee (departed 2016-04-21)
- David Bowles — Trustee (departed 2019-12-12)
- Karen Ferns — Trustee (departed 2022-03-30)
Funding Sources
- ILT Foundation — $1,400
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New Zealand Book Awards Trust
Financial data as at September 2025. 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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To promote, encourage and reward standards of excellence in New Zealand literature. To administer New Zealand book awards for adult literature and raise funds and sponsorship for this purpose. To administer New Zealand children's book awards and raise funds and sponsorship for this purpose. To raise funding and sponsorship to administer from time to time such other book awards and events for literature. To increase involvement in developing the community's interest in reading and literacy. To encourage original contributions to New Zealand literature.
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