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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: The Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Incorporated).

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

The Hawke's Bay Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand (Incorporated)

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Registration number:

CC39041

NZBN number:

9429042712022

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 7276

Taradale

Napier

4141

Charity's Street Address:

81 Wharerangi Road

Greenmeadows

Napier

4112

Charity's other details

Phone:

06 8454623

Fax:

Email:

johnwarrenca@gmail.com

Website:

http://hawkesbay.rsnzbranch.org.nz/

Facebook:

Twitter:

Other Social Network:

Areas of Operation:

Hawke's Bay

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC39041

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

The advancement of science with special reference to Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Without limiting the foregoing the Society may in particular provide for: - (i) The delivery of lectures. (ii) The assistance of such authorities, corporations, societies, or persons in maintaining of any museum, art centre, library, technical facilities or science promotion activities as shall be approved from time to time by the Society.

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

Activities:

Other (please state)

(Organises public science lectures/Advancement of science by organising public lectures), Makes grants / loans to individuals, Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities), Provides human resources (e.g. staff / volunteers)

Sectors:

Other (please state)

(The advancement of Science)

Beneficiaries:

Other (please state)

(People interested in science and its applications & service providers), Children / young people, Other charities, Voluntary bodies other than charities, General public

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

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
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	3/09/2025	$15,300	$13,487	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	21/08/2024	$9,701	$8,784	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	21/08/2023	$8,091	$6,330	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	24/08/2022	$7,974	$6,724	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	30/07/2021	$10,214	$3,145	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	18/08/2020	$10,240	$5,454	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	13/06/2019	$10,354	$6,349	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	31/08/2018	$43,720	$40,348	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	24/08/2017	$44,734	$39,992	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2016	30/09/2016	31/07/2016	$31,397	$34,033	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Toni Gordaon	Council Member	22/10/2026
Barry Yan-Jan Wong	Council Member	27/08/2026
Ellena Carrol	Council Member	27/08/2026
Faith Atkins	Council Member	27/08/2026
Mark Rogers	Council Member	27/08/2026
Elizabeth Pishief	Council Member	6/06/2023
Peter Edmead	Council Member	6/06/2023
Mazin Bahho	Vice President	14/06/2022
Moon Chen	Council Member	20/07/2021
John Warren	Council Member	24/06/2015
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Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Jeremy Kidd	Council Member	27/08/2026
Edgar Alan Moray Burns	Immediate Past President	31/03/2025
Emre Erturk	Past President	31/03/2023
Becky Shanahan	Council Member	14/06/2022
Belinda Sleight	Minutes Secretary	14/06/2022
Lynne Raewyn Trafford	Council Member	20/07/2021
Shuangxi Zhou	Council Member	20/07/2021
Melanie Adrienne Orr	Council Member	7/07/2020
Bruce Searle	Council Member	21/05/2019
Gary McIver	Council Member	21/05/2019
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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)
3/09/2025	NOC029
30/08/2024	NOC027
3/09/2018	NOC019
3/09/2018	NOC018
3/09/2018	NOC017
29/08/2018	NOC015
4/09/2015	NOC011
3/09/2015	NOC010
9/09/2014	NOC009
9/09/2014	NOC008
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Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name