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Charity Summary

This is the charity information for: Whitianga Playcentre.

Charity Details

Deregistration details

Legal name of the Charity:

Whitianga Playcentre

Registration number:

CC39485

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Deregistration Date Requested:

09/04/2026

Deregistration Reason:

The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity

Financial information at the time of Deregistration:

Accumulated Assets and Income:

Liabilities:

Below are details of Whitianga Playcentre at the date of deregistration:

Legal name of the Charity:

Whitianga Playcentre

Registration number:

CC39485

NZBN number:

N/A

Current Status:

Deregistered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

30/06/2008

Balance Date:

August 31

Registration history

Registration Action	Date effective	Reason
De-registered	9/04/2026	The charity is consolidating and deregistering the local branches or similar entities. The national or parent body will continue to be a registered charity
Registered	30/06/2008

This charity is a member of the group called:

Playcentre Aotearoa

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

1F White Street

Whitianga

3510

Charity's other details

Phone:

0278803947

Email:

whitianga@playcentre.org.nz

Website:

https://www.playcentre.org.nz/centre/whitianga/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/whitiangaplaycentre

Areas of Operation:

Waikato

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC39485

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
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Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

Whitianga Playcentre is a family/whanau led, licensed early childhood centre. We are a co-operative community based centre, in a small rural area, where play and learning are valued for children and their whanau. fl Playcentre is a family organisation where • we empower adults and children to play, work, learn and grow together • we honour Te Tiriti a Waitangi and celebrate people's uniqueness • we value and affirm parents as the first and best educators of their children so that whânau are strengthened and communities enriched.

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

Activities:

Other (please state)

(Education)

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Health, Environment / conservation, Community development, Arts / culture / heritage, Fund-raising, Promotion of volunteering, Volunteering / Education

Beneficiaries:

Children / young people

Older people, General public, Family / whanau, Children And Family

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.

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
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	15/06/2017	$27,207	$22,142	Included in Annual Return
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Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Cherry Wood	secretary	5/10/2024
Jeanette Ann Gollogly	Treasurer	5/10/2024
Emma Curtis	President	6/05/2024
Siobhan Payne	Vice President	29/10/2023

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Hope Leifting	Treasurer	5/10/2024
Rachel Colquhoun	Secretary	5/10/2024
Franziska Biess	president	29/10/2023
Larissa Leigh Tyburner Ward	Secretary	29/10/2023
Rebekah Jowsey	President	15/10/2022
Stacey Ashleigh Conning	President	5/04/2022
Emma McEwen	Treasurer	1/10/2021
Svenja Thornber	Secretary	1/06/2021
Carolyn Mastrovich	Secretary	19/09/2020
Kelly Flanigan	President	19/09/2020
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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)
3/11/2023	NOC020
28/10/2022	NOC019
5/10/2022	NOC018
8/08/2021	NOC017
7/07/2021	NOC016
21/08/2020	NOC015
25/10/2018	NOC014
21/02/2018	NOC013
22/11/2017	NOC012
4/09/2017	NOC011
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Charity Documents

Notices

This entity was removed from a single entity group (CC39470) on 16 February 2018.

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name