Waikato Health Trust

The Waikato Health Trust was established in 1993 as the Health Waikato Charitable Trust. Its broad purpose is to support the provision of health and disability services within the area served by the Waikato District Health Board.

Within that broad purpose the Trust undertakes a number of specific activities. The main one of these is to manage the donations and bequests received by the Waikato District Health Board.

The Trust changed its name from the Health Waikato Charitable Trust to the Waikato Health Trust in 2002.

Application for trust funds

This name change was made to reflect the fact that the Trust saw its role as being to support all health and disability services and not just those provided by Health Waikato (Health Waikato being the provider arm of the Waikato District Health Board).

More information

Under an arrangement between the Board and the Trust all donations and bequests received by the Board are passed to the Trust. They are then spent strictly in accordance with the donor's wishes.

This arrangement gives donors confidence that any conditions they may wish to attach to their donation will be respected and that donations will not be swallowed up within the general revenue of the Board. It also enables donations to benefit from the tax advantages of a charitable trust as well as maximising returns by allowing funds to be pooled.

From time to time the Trust may also be requested by the Board to assist in undertaking a fund-raising campaign for the Board. The most recent example of this is the highly successful campaign to raise funds for the Peter Rothwell Academic Centre.

The participation of the Trust again provided confidence that donations would be appropriately managed and the returns from them maximised.

Making a donation

The Trust welcomes inquiries from persons wishing to make a donation or bequest to support the provision of health and disability services within the area served by the Waikato District Health Board.

Such donations can be tagged in any way the donor considers appropriate. For example, a donor may wish to support a particular hospital or ward, a particular area of research or even a particular locality. Whatever the intention of a donor it will be respected by the Trust and the funds managed accordingly.

Any inquiries in this respect should be addressed to the Trust Administrator at ext 97831.

The Waikato Health Trust (WHT) is an incorporated charitable trust whose objects are to support the provision of health and disability services within the area of the Waikato District Health Board.

Annual report

Disclaimer for the year ended 30 June 2012

Matters relating to the electronic presentation of the audited financial statements

This audit report relates to the financial statements of Waikato Health Trust (the Trust) for the year ended 30 June 2012 included on the Trust’s website.

The Board is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Trust’s website. We have not been engaged to report on the integrity of the Trust’s website.

We accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.

The audit report refers only to the financial statements named above. It does not provide an opinion on any other information which may have been hyperlinked to or from these financial statements.

If readers of this report are concerned with the inherent risks arising from electronic data communication they should refer to the published hard copy of the audited financial statements and related audit report dated 26 October 2012 to confirm the information included in the audited financial statements presented on this website.

Legislation in New Zealand governing the preparation and dissemination of financial information may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Trustees

Pippa Mahood
(Chair)

Maureen Chrystall

Mary Anne Gill