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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Matawai Volunteer Fire Brigade

Registration number:

CC34294

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 38

Matawai

4051

Charity's Street Address:

16 Raumati Street

RD 1

Matawai

4075

Charity's other details

Phone:

06 8621030

Fax:

06 8621072

Email:

mahungastn@gmail.com

Areas of Operation:

Gisborne

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC34294

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To protect the District from fire and to be able to apply skills and resources to assist at other types of emergencies. To undertake fire safety activities, the suppression and extinction of fire, the protection of life and property and rendering of humanitarian assistance. To promote the safety and welfare of its Volunteers in the course of their duties within the Brigade.

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

Activities:

Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides advice / information / advocacy, Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Sectors:

Emergency / disaster relief

Education / training / research, Community development, Promotion of volunteering, Volunteer emergency response

Beneficiaries:

General public

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

31/03/2025

30/09/2025

9/10/2025

$9,786

$2,986

31/03/2024

30/09/2024

6/09/2024

$8,974

$2,131

31/03/2023

30/09/2023

2/11/2023

$8,028

$3,642

31/03/2022

30/09/2022

21/11/2022

$7,092

$4,683

31/03/2021

30/09/2021

17/11/2021

$7,809

$3,560

31/03/2020

30/09/2020

9/09/2020

$10,098

$4,192

31/03/2019

30/09/2019

12/11/2019

$11,195

$7,528

31/03/2018

30/09/2018

24/05/2019

$14,831

$9,038

31/03/2017

30/09/2017

24/08/2018

$40,735

$8,412

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Anne Tohill	Member	31/03/2016
Robert de la Haye	Member	31/03/2016
Robyn de la Haye	Member	31/03/2016
Andy Bailey	Member	1/04/2015
Angie Aramoana	Member	1/04/2015
Ben Fisher	Member	1/04/2015
Joe Waikari	Member	1/04/2015
Hamish Carmichael	Officer in Charge	1/09/2014
Neville Cyril Tohill	Ops Support	30/06/2008

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Ben Malone	Member	31/03/2025
Karyn Winterton	Member	31/03/2025
Maria Barbarich-Waikari	Member	31/03/2025
Sally Gaddum	Member	31/03/2023
Gaylene Montrose	Member	31/03/2022
Warwick Allan	Fire Fighter	31/08/2015
Kelvin Bruce Hall	Secretary	31/03/2015
Jonette Kere Kere	Acting Station Officer	5/11/2010
Nigel James Harnett	Treasurer	6/09/2010

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)
15/07/2015	NOC007
3/07/2015	NOC006
29/09/2014	NOC005
3/10/2011	AR004
2/03/2011	AR003
26/05/2010	AR002
9/12/2009	NOC002

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name