Te Reo o Ngā Tangata / The People Speak — Environment Charity in Lower Hutt
Te Reo o Ngā Tangata / The People Speak is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt. Annual revenue: $0.1M NZD. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: TPS is established and maintained as a grassroots group exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely: - to promote education about the practice of deliberative democratic processes, in response to the climate crisis - to benefit the community by initiating deliberative democratic processes, in response to the climate crisis - to work as an independent entity in partnership with mana whenua, local communities, and elected representatives, to fully connect with the diversity of our communities in respectful dialogue and actions; - to support community groups that emerge out of these deliberative processes, such as Rangatahi, by providing back office processes and financial fund holding for grants; and - to support new ways of working through a Just Transition, in response to the climate crisis.
- Registration Number
- CC59155
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2021-04-22
- Status
- Active
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt
- Website
- http://www.thepeoplespeak.nz/
- thepeoplespeakaotearoa@gmail.com
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: General public
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.1M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.1M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 0.0 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 1
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.1M | $0.1M | - |
| 2024 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.1M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2021 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (9)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Michele Whiting | Trustee | 2025-09-03 |
| Tomas Spring | Trustee | 2025-09-03 |
| Alicia Hall | Trustee | 2021-04-19 |
| Peter Glensor | Trustee | 2021-04-19 |
| Cally O'Neill | Trustee | 2021-03-25 |
| Roozbeh Karimi | Trustee | 2021-03-25 |
| Simon Hirini | Trustee | 2021-03-25 |
| Conor Twyford | Trustee | 2021-03-25 |
| Sherryn Arthur | Trustee | 2020-06-16 |
Former Officers (3)
- Alayna Ashby — Trustee (departed 2022-12-31)
- Katherine Jensen — Trustee (departed 2023-12-31)
- Rosalind McIntosh — Trustee (departed 2023-05-01)
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Te Reo o Ngā Tangata / The People Speak
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Key balance-sheet figures (net assets / total assets) were not reported in the most recent return, and no populated prior year is available within the two-year fallback window. A rating cannot be calculated without these figures.
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 9. 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.
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$125.0K
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
TPS is established and maintained as a grassroots group exclusively for charitable purposes (including any purposes ancillary to those charitable purposes), namely: - to promote education about the practice of deliberative democratic processes, in response to the climate crisis - to benefit the community by initiating deliberative democratic processes, in response to the climate crisis - to work as an independent entity in partnership with mana whenua, local communities, and elected representatives, to fully connect with the diversity of our communities in respectful dialogue and actions; - to support community groups that emerge out of these deliberative processes, such as Rangatahi, by providing back office processes and financial fund holding for grants; and - to support new ways of working through a Just Transition, in response to the climate crisis.
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