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Charities Services 2021/2022 Annual Review Published

1,192 new charities, $20.40 billion spent and hundreds of thousands of volunteers giving millions of hours. Click here to find out more.

Charities Services 2022/2023 Annual Review Published

1,270 registrations, $22.7 billion spent and over 1.6 million volunteer hours per week. Click here to find out more.

Charities volunteering 2023

Learn more about volunteers, the hours they work, and which regions and organisations have the highest number of volunteer.

Cyclone Gabrielle

Cyclone Gabrielle brings severe weather conditions to many regions of Aotearoa New Zealand. State of local emergency has been put in place for...

External Reporting Board webinar for Tier 4 charities

The External Reporting Board (XRB) presented a webinar on 27 June 2023 for Tier 4 charities. A recording of this webinar is now available

New forms now available

New forms for registering your charity, updating your details, and filing your annual returns are now available.

New thresholds for reporting Tiers

The XRB has announced changes to the threshold size of reporting Tiers. Find out more here.

New Zealand Charity Reporting Awards

The winners and highly commended have been announced

The Charities Register visual updates go live!

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We're experiencing a high volume of queries

We are currently experiencing a high volume of queries as many charities have a due date of 30 September 2023 to file their annual returns.

2024 Charities Services Annual Meeting

On 13 November 2024, we held our Annual Meeting online with representatives of charities from all over the country. The meeting included addresses from key speakers, a Q&A, and information sessions.

Resource Translations

We've translated some key resources for charities into nine languages. To find out more click here.

Tier 3 and Tier 4 webinars

Registrations are open for our webinars on the new accounting standards for Tier 3 and Tier 4 charities.

November webinar recordings

Recordings of the three webinars we held in November are now available to view.

Charities Services’ Annual Meeting recording

The recording of our 2024 Annual Meeting is now available on our website.

The Charities Services' 2023/2024 Annual Review is now available.

Read about our key activities from the past year and our plans for the year ahead. Read the full review here.

2023 Charities Services Annual Meeting recording is now available

The recording of our Annual Meeting, including the information sessions can be watched here.

Updates to the Charities Act changes Hub

The Charities Act change Hub has recently been updated, and now has detailed information and resources. To find out more, click here.

Consultation on form changes is open

Our consultation on proposed changes to our forms is now open.

Introducing the Charities Act Hub

Introducing our new Charities Act Hub. We will keep the hub updated with more detailed information, so you always have somewhere to check in on our...