Pru Etcheverry, ONZM, is a director of Advocacy Answers New Zealand and a champion of the non-government sector with long-standing experience in NGO governance and management.
OPINION: Civil society sits at the heart of our daily activities. We rely heavily upon the vital and often invisible work of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector.
New Zealand has the highest number of charities per capita in the OECD – over 28,000. This is undoubtedly too many, however their contribution is colossal and not always properly valued.
If we are talking dollar value, in 2018 the charity sector was worth over $12b per annum to our GDP.
There are numerous dedicated and talented chief executives and teams working for successful and long-standing charitable organisations. These are complex and often sizeable multi-million-dollar enterprises that have to meet stringent compliance requirements.
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