Guests at our regular events will know we usually hold a raffle, with prizes donated by our kind sponsors & supporters. The proceeds of these raffles go directly to our charitable fund (i.e. they do not fund Society events but are kept separately & audited by our accountants), and then are disbursed to worthy New Zealand/UK related causes after deliberation by our charities sub-committee.  

Recent charitable payments are listed below. Your generous support through buying raffle tickets has made these possible. 

2007

• Pasifika - £1500  towards the staging of an NZ play

• Centre for NZ Studies - £800 
  Establishment of the NZ Society Fellow research grant. We will renew this for 2008.  Grant applications are now open.  Contact Ian Conrich for more details.

• ROSL Jubilee Trust - £200 - which helps bring NZ musicians to the UK in association with Royal Overseas League

• Christ College Choir - profit from the concert we organised in London

2006

• Ngati Ranana Kohanga Reo - donation for books

• Carleen Ebbs - donation towards living costs and tuition while at Guildhall Music school

• Maramara Totara - donation

• NZ/UK Link Foundation - donation (NZ UK Chef exchange)

• Carleen Ebbs - donation (second donation in lieu of performance fee)

• Shakey Isles Theatre company

• Ngati Ranana Kohanga Reo - 10th Year anniversary publication

• Waitangi Dinner speaker's charity - St Bart's Cancer research

 Previous years' donations have included

• British Museum for restoration of Taiaha

• Natural History Museum restoration of Reverend Lashley journals (naturalist drawings)

• Havengore Charitable trust (Education)

If you know an organisation or individual who may wish to apply for a charitable grant, please contact us including using the attached application form.