Te Pou Theatre Trust — Education Charity in Auckland
Te Pou Theatre Trust is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Auckland, Auckland. Annual revenue: $1.6M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: Our wawata is that Kaupapa Māori led Performing arts transforms the performing arts sector and makes a necessary difference to Aotearoa & the world. Our Kaupapa is to provide mana enhancing experiences through Kaupapa Māori, collective approaches to the performing arts. Our whāinga are: - To create and sustain a programme of storytelling - To create and sustain a kaupapa Māori led performing arts venue - To build capability among rangatahi (young people) - To support and encourage the growth and development of the Auckland Māori performing arts sector - To support the reclamation and revitalisation of te reo Māori through the performing arts - To increase Māori community engagement with the performing arts - To connect all communities of Aotearoa to Māori performing arts - To increase diverse community engagement with the performing arts - To increase awareness of a kaupapa Māori framework for arts learning and management.
- Registration Number
- CC54436
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2017-04-06
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Auckland, Auckland
- info@tepoutheatre.nz
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $1.6M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $1.4M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.7M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 20
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1.6M | $1.4M | $0.7M |
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $0.2M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.4M | $0.4M |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $2.0M | $0.5M |
| 2021 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $0.2M |
| 2020 | $0.7M | $0.5M | $0.1M |
| 2019 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $-0.0M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.3M | $0.3M | $0.0M |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Lenny Andrews | Trustee | 2025-12-01 |
| Rachael Watene | Trustee | 2022-07-22 |
| Sarah Exeter | Trustee | 2022-06-10 |
| Tuakoi Ohia | Trustee | 2022-06-10 |
| Venessa Cherrington | Chair | 2021-07-06 |
| Maia Ratana | Treasurer | 2021-07-06 |
| Maxwell Pirini | Trustee | 2020-03-09 |
| Sonni Tukiwaho | Trustee | 2020-03-09 |
| Ascia Maybury | Trustee | 2017-03-28 |
Former Officers (5)
- Albert Belz — Trustee on Trust Board (departed 2018-09-24)
- Maureen McCleary — Trustee on the Trust Board (departed 2022-05-12)
- Ella Henry — Chair (departed 2018-05-21)
- Charles Royal — Chair (departed 2021-06-01)
- Sonny Niha — Trustee on the Trust Board (departed 2020-03-09)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $330,000
- Foundation North — $185,000
- Foundation North — $165,000
- Foundation North — $150,000
- Foundation North — $150,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $139,000
- Foundation North — $100,000
- The Trusts Community Foundation — $28,000
- One Foundation — $20,000
- Four Winds Foundation Limited — $19,043
- Pub Charity Limited — $14,718.85
- Youthtown Incorporated — $7,805.35
- Grassroots Trust Limited — $5,486.89
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $5,069.78
- Blue Sky Community Trust — $2,000
- The North and South Trust Limited — $1,437
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Te Pou Theatre Trust
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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Our wawata is that Kaupapa Māori led Performing arts transforms the performing arts sector and makes a necessary difference to Aotearoa & the world. Our Kaupapa is to provide mana enhancing experiences through Kaupapa Māori, collective approaches to the performing arts. Our whāinga are: - To create and sustain a programme of storytelling - To create and sustain a kaupapa Māori led performing arts venue - To build capability among rangatahi (young people) - To support and encourage the growth and development of the Auckland Māori performing arts sector - To support the reclamation and revitalisation of te reo Māori through the performing arts - To increase Māori community engagement with the performing arts - To connect all communities of Aotearoa to Māori performing arts - To increase diverse community engagement with the performing arts - To increase awareness of a kaupapa Māori framework for arts learning and management.
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