Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Incorporated — Arts & Culture Charity in Wellington
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Incorporated is a Trust charity in the Arts & Culture sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. Annual revenue: $0.7M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: As Aotearoa/New Zealand's national agency dedicated to reading for pleasure, we seek to build a nation of readers. We advocate for the transformative power of reading for pleasure and its ability to improve social, cultural, and economic outcomes.
- Registration Number
- CC10844
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2007-08-14
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Arts & Culture
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- accounts@read-nz.org
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.7M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.2M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 5
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2024 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $0.7M | $0.7M | $0.2M |
| 2022 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2021 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.2M |
| 2019 | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2018 | $0.6M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2017 | $0.5M | $0.6M | $0.1M |
| 2016 | $0.6M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (12)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Hinemoana Baker | Trustee | 2026-05-20 |
| Kali Gazley | Trustee | 2026-05-20 |
| Shane Browning | Trustee | 2025-05-14 |
| Darryn Joseph | Trustee | 2022-05-18 |
| Dahlia Malaeulu | Trustee | 2022-05-18 |
| Rachael Niao | Trustee | 2022-05-18 |
| Gail Thomason | Trustee | 2022-05-18 |
| Jordan Hamel | Trustee | 2021-05-19 |
| Catriona Ferguson | Trustee | 2021-05-19 |
| Willow Sainsbury | Chair | 2021-05-19 |
| Peter Vial | Trustee | 2018-01-11 |
| Juliet Blyth | CEO | 2016-02-01 |
Former Officers (32)
- Karen Ross — Chief Executive
- Anahera Gildea — Trustee (departed 2026-05-20)
- Laurinda Thomas — Trustee (departed 2022-06-01)
- Nadine Hura — Trustee (departed 2026-05-20)
- Jo Cribb — CEO (departed 2019-11-30)
- Fran Ricketts — Trustee (departed 2017-12-01)
- Linda Clark — Trustee (departed 2019-01-21)
- Julia Marshall — Trustee (departed 2019-08-28)
- Robyn Dargh — Trustee (departed 2014-06-15)
- Mark Fairey — Trustee (departed 2022-03-08)
- Gavin Bishop — Trustee (departed 2022-05-18)
- Brian Steele — Trustee (departed 2022-05-18)
- Paora Tibble — Trustee (departed 2019-08-28)
- Dr Selina Marsh — Trustee (departed 2021-05-19)
- Elizabeth Knowles — Trustee (departed 2016-08-15)
- Tony Fisk — Trustee (departed 2012-04-01)
- Paul Diamond — Trustee (departed 2013-08-30)
- John Allen — Trustee (departed 2012-06-15)
- Peter Biggs — Chair (departed 2021-05-19)
- Lincoln Gould — Trustee (departed 2016-06-14)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $85,000
- Foundation North — $55,000
- Foundation North — $25,000
- One Foundation — $20,763
- Foundation North — $20,000
- Lion Foundation — $17,019
- Pub Charity Limited — $14,750
- The Lion Foundation — $14,000
- Grassroots Trust Central Limited — $6,000
- Aotearoa Gaming Foundation — $6,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $5,000
- Mainland Foundation Limited — $3,000
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Incorporated
Financial data as at December 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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About
As Aotearoa/New Zealand's national agency dedicated to reading for pleasure, we seek to build a nation of readers. We advocate for the transformative power of reading for pleasure and its ability to improve social, cultural, and economic outcomes.
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