Organisation Support

New Zealand Charities Services

The New Zealand Charities Services

The New Zealand Charities Services website has information to support your Charity or organisation including support on:

• Starting up
  
• Running your charity
• Update charity details
• Reporting Standards

Community Net Aotearoa 

CommunityNet Aotearoa  

CommunityNet Aotearoa is an online hub where you can find and share resources designed to strengthen organisations working with New Zealand communities

• Incorporated societies - CommunityNet Aotearoa
• Setting up a community organisation - CommunityNet Aotearoa
• good governance for non-profit -CommunityNet Aotearoa

Not For Profit Law and the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 

There are estimated to be 24-26,000 incorporated societies across NZ, and every currently incorporated society (including those incorporated as societies under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957) will be required, by 1 December 2025 to re-register under the new Incorporated Societies Act if the society wants to continue to have the rights and protections of being an incorporated society, and when re-registering it must have a constitution that complies with the new Act.

Visit the Not-for-Profit Law website for further details on the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and:

• Incorporated Societies
• Charitable Trusts
• Not-For Profits