Te Ruapekapeka Trust — Environment Charity in Kawakawa
Te Ruapekapeka Trust is a Charitable Trust charity in the Environment sector, based in Kawakawa, Kawakawa. CharityData rates this charity C (63.8/100). Annual revenue: $0.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: To protect and preserve the mana whenua and to ensure the taha wairua of Te Ruapekapeka is maintained To work in equitable partnership with the Department of Conservation and co-operatively with other agencies and stakeholders to ensure that Te Ruapekapeka is maintained protected and upheld
- Registration Number
- CC34646
- Charity Type
- Charitable Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C (63.8/100)
- Sector
- Environment
- Location
- Kawakawa, Kawakawa
- Website
- ruapekapeka.co.nz
- marionwikaire@gmail.com
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, Family / whanau, General public, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.2M NZD
- Total Assets
- $1.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $1.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 35.9 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.3M | $0.2M | $1.5M |
| 2024 | $0.5M | $0.0M | $1.4M |
| 2023 | $0.1M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2022 | $0.7M | $0.1M | $0.9M |
| 2021 | $0.2M | $0.4M | $0.4M |
| 2020 | $0.6M | $0.2M | $0.4M |
| 2019 | $0.1M | $0.0M | - |
| 2018 | $0.0M | - | - |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | - |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C
- Overall Score
- 63.8/100
- Financial Score
- 77.5
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Red Flags
- 100% government funded with no revenue diversification
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (0)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|
Former Officers (24)
- Linda Hepi — Trustee
- Geneva Hildreth — Trustee
- Thelma Thorne — Trustee
- Lillian George — Trustee (departed 2022-02-02)
- Kay Davis — Trustee
- Marion Wikaire — Trustee
- Peter Tipene — Trustee
- William Cherrington — Trustee
- Phoebe Davis — Trustee
- Karen Herbet — Trustee (departed 2021-08-18)
- Wattie Cooper — Trustee (departed 2021-10-25)
- Willow-Jean Prime — Trustee (departed 2019-05-30)
- Shelley Kawiti-Jessop — Trustee
- Te Pora Kauwhata — Trustee (departed 2017-01-01)
- Peeni Henare — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Te Raa Nehua — Trustee (departed 2015-12-31)
- Paeata Clark — Trustee (departed 2008-12-31)
- Catherine Martin — Trustee (departed 2012-08-25)
- Johnson Davis — Trustee/treasurer (departed 2019-10-30)
- Carron Cossens — Vice Chairperson (departed 2008-12-31)
Funding Sources
- Foundation North — $60,000
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Te Ruapekapeka Trust
Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (2)
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 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.
- Government-funding concentration100% of latest-year revenue came from government grants — single-stream dependency
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.
$350.0K
$249.1K
$1.6M
Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Endowment Foundation
Special Entity TypeThis is an endowment foundation that holds investments and provides grants. High reserves are expected and appropriate - this is not an operating charity.
Rating Note: Endowment foundations are rated using specialized criteria that recognize high reserves as appropriate. Metrics like grant distribution rate and investment returns are prioritized over program spending ratios.
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About
To protect and preserve the mana whenua and to ensure the taha wairua of Te Ruapekapeka is maintained To work in equitable partnership with the Department of Conservation and co-operatively with other agencies and stakeholders to ensure that Te Ruapekapeka is maintained protected and upheld
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HHI (Herfindahl–Hirschman Index) measures concentration across 6 income categories. Lower HHI = more diversified. Score above 60 indicates healthy diversification.
Peer Comparison
Ranked against 143 peers · Environment · $100K – $1M
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