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Charity Details

Templeton Flax Milling Heritage Trust
Templeton Flax Mill Museum
CC27668
9429043073504
Registered

Registration details

30/06/2008
March 31

Address for service

448 Bickley Road
RD 3
Waimatuku
Riverton
9883

Charity's other details

021 048 9712
templeflax@gmail.com


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

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https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC27668

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

• To promote, restore and preserve the former Templeton family flax mill heritage buildings and mill machinery at Otaitai Bush, Riverton, incorporating machinery from the former Otanomomo flax mill, (South Otago) for the benefit and education of the Riverton and Southland community, as well as enlightening and entertaining visitors to the area. • To operate a working Flax Mill Heritage Museum by demonstrating and displaying flax milling machinery and memorabilia at the Otaitai Bush flax mill, which is representative of flax mills that operated in Southland and Otago from the early 1900s up to 1972. • To keep alive, practice and retain the technical and labour skills and heritage craft of a flax miller, including flax cutting, classing, stripping and fibre scutching processing; together with machinery maintenance and tuning required to produce flax fibre hemp for its various end uses. • To support art and Maori weavers by supplying muka fibre for creative art and traditional weaving.

Note: The main sectors, activities and beneficiaries are bolded.

Other (please state)

(Heritage Museum)

Arts / culture / heritage

General public

Children / young people, Older people, Family / whanau

Legal Structure

Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act

Annual Returns

Annual Returns are due within 6 months of a charity’s balance date (financial year-end), or a longer period if an extension has been granted.

Note: Charities that use the Tier 4 Combined Form to file their annual returns do not need to file their financial statements separately. The financial statements are included in their annual return summary.

For Year Ended Due Date Date Submitted Total Income Total Expenditure Financial Statements Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026 30/09/2026 - - - To be filed To be filed
31/03/2025 30/09/2025 24/09/2025 $35,651 $26,784 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2024 30/09/2024 27/09/2024 $62,398 $25,172 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2023 30/09/2023 12/09/2023 $37,754 $13,201 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2022 30/09/2022 18/09/2022 $12,296 $7,511 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2021 30/09/2021 13/09/2021 $33,789 $11,950 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020 30/09/2020 29/08/2020 $72,791 $28,479 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2019 30/09/2019 17/08/2019 $33,522 $4,819 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2018 30/09/2018 10/09/2018 $26,967 $3,143 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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31/03/2017 30/09/2017 27/09/2017 $10,367 $7,571 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Ella Shirley Hobson Secretary 29/06/2025
Linda Margaret Templeton Treasurer 18/09/2022
Peter Baylis Templeton Trustee 17/07/2022
Frances Mary Mosley Trustee 23/06/2019
Andrew James Crichton Trustee 25/06/2017
Luke Andrew Templeton Trustee 14/06/2015
Kelvin Watson Templeton Trustee 2/06/2014
Owen Douglas Anderson Trustee 2/06/2014
Howard Nigel Robertson Trustee 12/06/2011
Mabin Allan Vernon Calder Trustee 12/06/2011

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Megan Eileen Templeton Secretary 29/06/2025
Brian Patrick Trustee 17/07/2022
Bruce Robert Martin Trustee 23/06/2019
Russell Beck Trustee 14/06/2015
Norris Edward Johnstone Trustee 2/06/2014
Muriel Naomi Te Huikau Johnstone Trustee 16/06/2013
Desmond Templeton Trustee 25/05/2011
Ray Girvan Trustee 15/01/2011
David Asher Trustee 31/03/2007

Charity Updates

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28/06/2025 NOC016
27/08/2015 NOC006
13/08/2014 NOC005
21/09/2013 AR006
3/09/2011 AR004
29/09/2009 AR002

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