Charities Services

Charities Services supports and advises New Zealand’s more than 27,000 charities, and oversees their registration.

Community Matters

This website run by the Department of Internal Affairs provides advice about funding and project management for community groups.

Generosity New Zealand

A Roy McKenzie Foundation initiative set up to provide centralised and accessible information about funding.

Philanthropy New Zealand

Philanthropy New Zealand is an organisation for philanthropists and grantmakers.

Volunteering New Zealand

This organisation promotes and advocates for volunteering and has useful resources for voluntary groups.

Bryder, Linda. A voice for mothers: the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907–2000. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2003.

Scott, Graham. Community trusts in New Zealand: looking back and looking forward: a report for the twelve community trusts. Dunedin: University of Otago, 2002.

Tennant, Margaret. Across the street, across the world: a history of the Red Cross in New Zealand, 1915–2015. Wellington: New Zealand Red Cross, 2015.

Tennant, Margaret. The fabric of welfare: voluntary organisations, government and welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2007.

Tennant, Margaret. 'Welfare organisations.' In Women together: a history of women’s organisations in New Zealand / Ngā rōpū wāhine o te motu, edited by Anne Else. Wellington: Historical Branch of Internal Affairs/Daphne Brasell, 1993, updated 2018.

Tennant, Margaret, Mike O’Brien and Jackie Sanders. The history of the non-profit sector in New Zealand. Wellington: Office for the Community and Voluntary Sector, 2008.