Senior Constable Dean Gifford was farewelled Tuesday from a packed St Mary of the Angels Church in Wellington. Raised in Berhampore and educated at St Patrick’s College Wellington, Gifford was a tireless charity worker and was publicly known as the “caring cop”. The Wellingtonion of the Year finalist, Gifford turned his predicament with cancer into Read more
The problem with living next door to the office is that the line between what is work and what is not work gets easily rubbed away. In my previous jobs, the vicarage has been located a decent walk from the church. So if I wanted to spend a quiet morning at home pottering around in my underpants Read more
A Christchurch caravan family of five have said goodbye to their caravan and shifted into a rent-free Woolston home after a charitable Cantabrian came to their aid. A landlord, who wished to remain anonymous, offered the family a home for three months rent-free after their plight was featured in The Press two weeks ago. Continue Read more
The Charities Commission will be scrapped under legislation passed by Parliament on Tuesday night. The Crown Entities Reform Bill will instead see the regulation of charities carried out by a board within the Department of Internal Affairs. Members of ComVoices, a network of community and voluntary sector organisations, said it was not too late for Read more
While the Australian Federal Government is setting up a charity regulator in the form of the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission , the New Zealand Government is shutting down its Charities Commission. A statement from the NZ Government says it has decided that its Charities Commission is unnecessary, carrying out a duplication of functions of Government, and Read more