Kōrero: Voluntary welfare organisations

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

• 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.

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

• 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.