Charities

A charity for disadvantaged children has been struck off the Charities Register after the man running it used it to lend tens of millions of dollars to his own property projects. Audio

The manager of a charity for disadvantaged children which was struck off says he was naive when he lent tens of millions of dollars to his own property projects. Audio

What's too aggressive when it comes to fundraising? A Coromandel Group set up a roadblock to ask motorists for money on the weekend. Audio

Law changes mean charities will need to step up their standard of financial reporting or face deregistration. Audio

Most fundraisers who approach people on the street or go door to door, are working for professional fundraising agencies. The biggest of those is Appco New Zealand, which says last year it raised $900… Audio

Schools and charitable organisations say that a proposed law which would see them pay for police checks could cost them thousands of dollars a year, leaving them to choose between footing the bill or… Audio

Some social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up large numbers of state houses and run them themselves could bite off more than they can chew. Audio

Thousands of charities have been threatened with being thrown off the official register after going for years without filing annual returns -- which, an expert says, leaves the system open to abuse. Audio

New Zealanders give billions of tax-deductible dollars to charities each year and businesses owned by charitable trusts generate millions of dollars of tax free profits. As a result, hundreds of… Audio

Sue Ingram explores the impact the recession is having on the not-for-profit sector. Audio