In addition to rewarding beneficiaries, the Wi Pere Trust provides educational scholarships to whānau to develop future leaders for the next generation.
The Huljich family’s private equity firm Christopher & Banks has made two substantial political donations last and this year: $100,000 each to National and Act.
Over the years, the Higgins family have supported Manawatū Rugby, the Arohanui Hospice, and the Cancer Society.
Through the Ben Gough Family Foundation, Ben and Penny donated more than $500,000 in 2022 to a range of causes.
Craig Heatley has contributed to various causes including the Auckland City Mission, the Gifted Kids programme, and First Tee – which teaches life skills to children.
Charitable giving has dominated the second half of Sir Owen Glenn’s career; he was knighted for his services to philanthropy.
Beck has maintained his Rocket Lab post-IPO shareholding of about 54.4 million shares.
Jim and Rosemari Delegat have been involved in charitable activities all their business life and continue to do so as a family, although prefer to keep it private.
Sam Morgan, through Jasmine Social Investments, has put at least $50m into backing social entrepreneurs or small projects aimed at alleviating poverty.
Frances Wyborn had another busy year distributing funds on behalf of the Due Drop Foundation, to which she has committed to make annual donations of $650,000 for the foreseeable future.