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Charity Details

Waterloo Playcentre
CC30845
N/A
Registered

Registration details

30/06/2008
August 31
Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

103 Trafalgar Street
Waterloo
Lower Hutt
5011

Charity's other details

waterloo@playcentre.org.nz


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

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https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC30845

Group Members

Below are all the members of Playcentre Aotearoa. Click into the individual members below to view their charity summary.

Member Charities
Awanui Playcentre
Beachhaven Playcentre Incorporated
Coromandel Playcentre Incorporated
Leamington Playcentre
Mairangi Bay Play Centre
Matamata Playcentre
Mayfield Playcentre
Mornington Playcentre
Opoho Playcentre
Te Whānau Tupu Ngātahi o Aotearoa - Playcentre Aotearoa

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Playcentre was instrumental in introducing the concept of education through play and through child-initiated activities to the early childhood setting in New Zealand. This philosophy has since been adopted throughout all New Zealand through the curriculum for early childhood education, Te Whāriki. The organisation believes that parents are the first and best educators of their children and children learn best when they initiate their learning through play (child-initiated play). Within the centres children and adults learn alongside each other, in agreement with the socio-cultural model of learning which posits that a child learns best when surrounded by trusted members of his or her community. Each Playcentre is a cooperative. Parents decide how their centre will run and are responsible for the education of their children. Parents also make decisions giving direction to how their association (regional body) and the NZPF (national body) will run

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

Other (please state)

(Education Services), Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

Education / training / research

Family / whanau

Children / young people

Entity Structure

Children 0-6 years, normally in mixed age groups, attend 1/2 day sessions run by parents - minimum of 1 adult to five children, no more than 5x a week. Parents manage all aspects of each Playcentre including the premises, administration, education of children & adults. Playcentres are chartered ECE providers with the NZ Ministry of Education. Independent research & audits by ERO confirm the quality of Playcentre's programmes.

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.

Exemptions

This charity has been granted an exemption from filing an annual return by 28 February 2009 under Section 43 of the Charities Act 2005. The first annual return is due by 28 February 2010.

Please note: This charity is a member of a Group which submits Consolidated Annual Returns. To view these Annual Returns on the Group Summary click here. Any Annual Returns listed below were submitted when this charity was a single entity.

For Year Ended Due Date Date Submitted Total Income Total Expenditure Financial Statements Annual Return Summary
31/08/2025 28/02/2026 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2024 28/02/2025 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2023 29/02/2024 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2022 28/02/2023 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2021 28/02/2022 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2020 28/02/2021 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2019 29/02/2020 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2018 28/02/2019 Member of 'Playcentre Aotearoa' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2017 28/02/2018 Member of '' group - click here to view Annual Return
31/08/2016 28/02/2017 1/03/2017 $67,859 $58,600 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Jennifer de Vries Co-Treasurer 1/10/2023
Rebecca Elliot Secretary 1/10/2023
Gemma Beattie Kaiarahi - Ako Rōpū, Equipment Officer 1/12/2021
Lizzie Johnsen Kaiarahi - Whakahaere Rōpū, Policy Employment & Governance Officer 1/12/2021
Annalise Kennedy Kaiarahi - Whare Rōpū, Co-Treasurer 1/10/2021
Andrea O'Neil Kaiarahi - Whānau Rōpū 22/03/2021

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Rachel Warren Education Officer 25/09/2023
Jasmine McGrath President 30/11/2021
Justina Castellanos Treasurer 30/11/2021
Andrea O'Neil Treasurer 22/03/2021
Holly Couch Secretary 9/12/2020
Gemma Beattie Information Officer 12/10/2020
Megan Telfar Co-president 31/03/2020
Angela Turnbull Treasurer 23/03/2020
Linda Avlonitis Education Officer 6/12/2019
Gemma Beattie President 18/10/2019

Charity Updates

Here is a list of all the details changed by the charity, for example adding or removing officers, amending rules, changing balance dates or updating address details.
Date Created Reference View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
30/01/2024 NOC024
2/10/2021 NOC023
14/10/2020 NOC022
16/06/2020 NOC021
14/01/2020 NOC020
18/12/2017 NOC018
24/07/2017 NOC017
25/11/2016 NOC015
24/08/2016 NOC014
14/12/2015 NOC013

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