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Unassuming Christchurch couple’s $60m charitable legacy grows by another $12m (opens the original)
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Ron Gillatt and his wife Joan left a $72m fortune to 14 Christchurch charities and clubs. Photo / Anna Heath (NZME), Ron & Joan Gillatt Charitable Trust The unassuming Christchurch couple who recently made history with the South Island’s largest charitable bequest have broken records again, with investment returns and realisations by their estate’s executors adding a further $12 million to the capital. Accounts for the Ron and Joan Gillatt Charitable Trust for the year to March 2026, filed this
Pie firm crumbles owing $5.8m (opens the original)
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Collapsed West Auckland pie distributor the Westie Food Group owes creditors $5.8 million, with receivers warning a shortfall in the millions is likely. Receivers Stephen Keen and Stephen White of Teneo were appointed by BNZ to Westie Food Group (WFG) on July 15 after the company defaulted on the terms of its loan agreement. Teneo’s first report into the Avondale-based company said it had been involved in the pie trade. “The company operated as an Auckland-based distributor of chilled pies, savo
Power players: NZ's highest-paid charity bosses (opens the original)
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A Herald survey of executive pay at New Zealand's largest charities have found the country's highest-paid not-for-profit bosses. The not-for-profit sector employs more than 200,000 people and accounts for about 10% of the New Zealand economy. Matt Nippert reads the fine print of more than 200 annual reports to shed light on the giants dominating the charitable sector and to work out how much their top managers are getting paid. Charity bosses, some earning more than $600,000 annually, received a
Unassuming Christchurch couple leave $60m to 15 charities (opens the original)
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Ron Gillatt and his wife Joan left a $60m fortune to 15 Christchurch charities and clubs. Photo / Anna Heath (NZME), The Ron & Joan Gillatt Charitable Trust Ron Gillatt died in Christchurch in early 2024, aged 83. The former BNZ manager loved trains and trams and cats. He seemed to have been a hoarder and left behind a modest house stuffed with junk and infested with silverfish – along with a well-managed pile of cash, shares and bonds worth more than $60 million. A registered charity set up aft
Zuru nappy dispute: Both sides appeal after five-year fight (opens the original)
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A long-running legal dispute between the billion-dollar Zuru group and a nappy start-up will unexpectedly go to extra time after bids to send the case to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal this week confirmed it had received filings from both parties contesting Justice Dani Gardiner’s Zuru nappy trial ruling issued last month. The dispute, which has seen millions spent on lawyers over the past five years and occupied a High Court room for a month-long trial, has its origins in a comparativ
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