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Charity Details

Multicultural Whangarei Incorporated
CC37124
9429043166503
Registered

Registration details

25/01/2009
June 30

Name change history

Name Effective Date
Whangarei Migrant Centre Incorporated 26/01/2009
Multicultural Whangarei Incorporated 25/09/2018

Address for service

37 Bank Street
Whangarei
0110

Charity's other details

09 430 0571
info@mwhg.org.nz
https://mwhg.org.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/multiculturalwhangarei/


Organisation with a focus on the following communities:


https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC37124

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Multicultural Whangārei is a not-for-profit community-based organisation that supports migrants and newcomers in Whangārei with their settlement process. We promote positive race relations through community education, ensuring people of all ethnicities feel able to actively contribute to their adopted community. Multicultural Whangārei provides cultural programmes, language classes, family events, employment assistance, support services, information and referrals.

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

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Acts as an umbrella / resource body, Provides services (e.g. care / counselling), Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers), Provides buildings / facilities / open space

Community development

Social services, Employment, Arts / culture / heritage, Fund-raising, Support to migrants

Migrants / refugees

Children / young people, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, General public, Family / whanau

Legal Structure

Charitable Trusts incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act

Annual Returns

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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
30/06/2025 31/12/2025 14/01/2026 $283,511 $271,800 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2024 31/12/2024 18/02/2025 $302,023 $297,214 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2023 31/12/2023 9/05/2024 $364,883 $358,178 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2022 31/12/2022 10/03/2023 $251,230 $249,968 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2021 31/12/2021 12/01/2022 $305,350 $332,814 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return
30/06/2020 31/12/2020 17/02/2021 $173,227 $165,360 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2019 31/01/2020 28/01/2020 $94,604 $95,383 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2018 31/12/2018 28/09/2018 $103,918 $79,368 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2017 31/12/2017 12/11/2017 $104,314 $103,845 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
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30/06/2016 31/12/2016 26/11/2016 $93,047 $77,886 load annual return's financial documents spinner gif
Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name Position Effective Date
Pooja Singh Shettiyar Committee Member, Executive Committee - Secretary 14/01/2026
Sam Narula Committee Member 12/01/2026
Arezoo Hussaini Committee Member 8/11/2025
Ralph Correa Committee Member, Executive Committee - Treasurer 8/11/2025
Vaanipriya Diwan Committee Member 8/11/2025
Vincent Peter Damian Cocurullo Committee Member 8/11/2025
Obi Khanal Committee Member 10/10/2024
Rabin Ranji Committee Member 3/08/2020
Sandeep Diwan Committee Member, Executive - Vice Chair 3/08/2020
Marion Kerepeti Edwards Committee Member, Executive Committee - Chair 17/09/2019

Past Officers

Officer Name Position Past Since
Ligimamilli Pakieto-Johnstone Committee Member 8/11/2025
Su Mei Li Morgan Committee Member 8/11/2025
Poonam Sethi Secretary 6/09/2025
Sue-Anne Moo Committee Member 30/09/2024
Sanjana Weragodaarachichi Secretary 30/06/2022
Anita Neil Treasurer 30/11/2021
Barney Nathan Mackie Committee Member 16/08/2021
Jane Scripps Committee member 8/08/2021
Sun Lyoung Kim Committee member 2/07/2021
Mei Zhu Committee Member 30/06/2021

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)
16/10/2025 NOC038
1/11/2024 NOC036
8/08/2021 NOC032
18/02/2021 NOC031
19/12/2019 NOC027
2/10/2019 NOC026
30/09/2019 NOC025
30/09/2019 NOC024
26/09/2019 NOC023
28/09/2018 NOC021

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