Waikato University Senior Law Lecturer Juliet Chevalier-Watts says New Zealand has stringent laws pertaining to charitable trusts that have evolved in line with social, political and economic pressures.
“There’s a feeling in some New Zealand organisations that we should follow Australia,” she says. “Already organisations including Greenpeace, which clearly has overt political objectives, have been challenging the status quo, and it is now very likely that Greenpeace will be registered as a charitable trust.”
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