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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

Medecins Sans Frontieres New Zealand Charitable Trust

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand

Registration number:

CC53189

NZBN number:

9429043292042

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

17/03/2016

Balance Date:

December 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

PO Box 6241

Victoria Street West

Auckland Central

Auckland

1142

Charity's Street Address:

118 Stone Wall Rise

Maungatapere

Whangarei

0179

Charity's other details

Phone:

+61 2 8570 2699

Email:

contact.us@nz.msf.org

Website:

https://www.msf.org.nz/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/msf.english/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/MSFAustralia

Other Social Network:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgf6BG7HNFTxXI5yRziIFA

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC53189

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

We are a non-profit, self-governed organisation, entirely funded by public donations. The donated funds we raise are directed to the provision of medical aid in locations, and for projects, focused on emergency humanitarian aid work. The work that we do calls for immediate, patient-centred responses to crisis, and situations of emergency, where people are affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

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

Activities:

Makes grants to organisations (including schools or other charities)

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

Sectors:

Emergency / disaster relief

Health, International activities, Fund-raising, Promotion of volunteering

Beneficiaries:

General public

Children / young people, Other charities, Older people, People of a certain ethnic / racial origin, Migrants / refugees, Foreign Nationals

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
31/12/2025	30/06/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/12/2024	30/06/2025	4/06/2025	$12,006,013	$15,260,898	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2023	30/06/2024	1/07/2024	$8,548,206	$11,218,809	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2022	30/06/2023	28/06/2023	$7,901,416	$11,840,796	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2021	30/06/2022	29/06/2022	$5,465,029	$8,565,269	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2020	30/06/2021	22/06/2021	$4,005,394	$8,259,551	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2019	30/06/2020	23/06/2020	$2,539,604	$5,423,078	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2018	30/06/2019	11/06/2019	$1,178,261	$3,052,603	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2017	30/06/2018	20/06/2018	$408,896	$1,723,560	Included in Annual Return
31/12/2016	30/06/2017	27/07/2017	$0	$0	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Thomas Phillip Roth	Executive Director	5/01/2026
Sivapalan Namasivayam	Trustee	7/02/2024
Katrina Marie Penney	Trustee	8/03/2016
Matthew Charles Reid	Trustee	8/03/2016
Maurine Elizabeth Hilton-Thorp	Trustee	8/02/2016

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Ashley Killeen	Interim Executive Director	30/01/2026
Jennifer Cora Tierney	Executive Director	26/09/2025

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)
1/12/2025	NOC020
30/09/2025	NOC019
1/05/2025	NOC017
1/05/2025	NOC016
18/03/2024	NOC014
28/07/2017	NOC006
28/07/2017	NOC005
10/04/2017	NOC002
23/05/2016	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name