Te Puna Foundation is an independent charity established to support the National Library of New Zealand -Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa.
By gifting to the foundation, New Zealanders can enhance the National Library’s ability to share knowledge, look after our heritage and create a nation of readers.
Kate De Goldi - Chair
Kate De Goldi writes for all ages and is active advocate for the importance of reading at every stage of life. She has been recipient of The Michael King Fellowship and twice winner of New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year. Kate reviews books in print and broadcast media and teaches creative writing at schools throughout New Zealand. With Susan Paris she is co-publisher of the Annual Ink children’s imprint at Massey University Press.
Rachel Esson - Trustee
Rachel was appointed to Te Pouhuaki - National Librarian in December 2020. Rachel had been Director of Content Services at the National Library of New Zealand, having previously held senior and strategic roles in academic and research libraries, including Associate Chief Librarian Research Collections at the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Before joining the National Library in 2012, Rachel was Associate Director, Library Academic Services at Victoria University and Medical Librarian (University of Otago, Wellington). She is a Fellow of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) and is a past President of the Association.
Laura Black - Trustee
Laura Black has been the Kaihautū (Director) of Methodist Mission Southern since 2007, and is currently the Chair of Otago Science into Action, and the Deputy Chair of the Otago Museum Trust Board.
She has worked in the public good sector, with a focus on education and a passion for transformation, for 35 years.
John Thomason - Trustee
John is an independent director and consultant to mission-driven organisations. He is a seasoned executive with expertise in international and regional nonprofit management, governance, and fundraising.
With proven fundraising nous across diverse nonprofit sectors, John is experienced in building and leading coalitions with diverse US-based and international nonprofit organisations, government agencies, elected officials, and foundations.
Nick Evans - Trustee
Nick is a seasoned consultant and independent director. He specialises in technology and strategy and has a proven track record of delivering large-scale projects across multiple industries across Aotearoa, in both the public and private sectors.
Our generous founding supporters enable the National Library to fund new programmes to share New Zealand's knowledge
and ideas for generations to come.
The Friends of the Turnbull Library
Peter Murray
David Atkins
Jane Wright
Mark Stanley
Laurie Greig
Suzy Harvey
Valerie Love
Karen Ross
Beryl Anderson
Joy McNicoll
Alison Skerman
Yvonne Curtis
Sarah Knox
Penny Carnaby
Patricia Morrison
Margaret Wallace
David and Rachel Underwood
The Former National Library Society
David Zwartz
Kate Fortune
Anthea Hamlet
Joanna Matthew
Rebecca Elvy
Richard Eats and Hilary Eats
Gaynor Brymer
Corin Haines
Neil McGrath
Robert Mills
Julia Millen
Brian and Judith McLay
Cate Crombie
Lyn and Bruce Robertson
Susan Price
Rangi Kearney
Bill and Kathleen Macnaught
The Te Puna Foundation (Te Puna, we, us, our) is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy sets out how we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information.
The types of personal information we collect include:
your name and position at your organisation.
your contact information, which may include your email address, physical address and/or phone number.
information about your interactions with us.
photographs at events; and
information about those who holds positions with Te Puna (e.g., staff or trustees).
any specific requests such as requests to not be contacted via phone or to be excluded from certain mailings, as well as specific information provided, such as motivation for support.
You may choose not to provide your personal information to us, including having your photograph taken at events. Please note that if you do not provide us with some personal information, such as your contact details, we may have difficulty in administering your interaction with us and your donation receipts.
We may also use and track non-personally identifiable information from our official website(s), such as usage and volume statistics for research purposes in order to further develop our website(s).
We collect personal information from you when you make an application for funding, partner with us, attend an event, make a donation or offer in-kind support or otherwise actively provide us with your personal information.
If you make a donation to us, your details will be recorded in our database, but you will only be contacted if you have opted to hear from us.
Personal details of individuals who sign up for more information via our website(s) are also added to our database.
Individuals attending presentations or events are given the opportunity to elect whether they would like their details added to our database. This will be done via a tick box allowing the individual to ‘Subscribe or Unsubscribe)
We also obtain information about individuals/organisations from other organisations authorised to collect.
We may use your personal information to:
process and make decisions on applications for funding.
perform any services, or provide any support, we have agreed to provide to you or your organisation, including to deliver any funds.
send you our newsletter or other communications including to update you on fundraising activities, ask for support with fundraising activities, conduct surveys etc.
acknowledge and receipt donations.
inform supporters about upcoming fundraising activities, events, presentations, and other activities of the Te Puna Foundation.
meet our reporting obligations under the Charities Act 2005.
for our internal activities and record keeping; and
for any other purpose indicated at the time of supply of the information to the Te Puna Foundation.
We will not:
Hold or retain credit card information
Sell our information records under any circumstance
We will use and disclose your personal information only for these purposes or as otherwise authorised by you or required by law.
You have the option to have your name publicly associated with your donation. However, unless you explicitly request to have your name associated with your donation, the default is that all donations are not to be publicly announced and if you request that your donation is to be anonymous, this will be honoured.
We may share your personal information with:
our service providers such as
the National Library, who Te Puna Foundation primarily supports
the Department of Internal Affairs Charities Services and any other parties to meet our legal obligations under the Charities Act 2005
Partners who we are holding joint events with, for invitation purposes.
We will only disclose your personal information to these parties for these purposes or as otherwise authorised by you or required by law.'
All personal information is stored securely in line with standard industry protocols and access is limited to those who strictly require it to carry out the purposes set out in the policy. Donation receipts and other records are retained in accordance with our legal requirements.
Under the Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to access and request a correction to your personal information. This can be done by contacting the Foundation by email or post using the following contact information:
Te Puna Foundation
PO Box 1467
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Tel — +64 4 474 3009
Email info@tepunafoundation.org.nz
This transparency statement explains how we use and engage on social media in accordance with the Public Service Commission’s Guidance for State services official use of social media.
We use social media to share:
the work that Te Puna Foundation does
He Tohu Travel Fund visits
exhibitions held at the National Library
projects we are working on with our partners
other articles or publications of interest that are relevant to our work and of interest to our community.
We welcome feedback and ideas from our followers and will try to join these conversations where possible; however, we can't guarantee we will be able to reply individually to every post.
All social media accounts are monitored from 9am to 5pm on weekdays and sporadically outside these hours. We will respond to private messages, as soon as we can, during business hours. If you have an urgent query, please contact us directly.
We may choose to @mention, or post information by other organisations and/or individuals for the interest and information of our followers. However, we do not endorse or guarantee the accuracy of this information.
We may follow/like organisations and individuals that are relevant to our organisation. This does not imply endorsement or guarantee the accuracy of their information.
We currently use the following social media channels.
We love to hear from everyone who engages with Te Puna Foundation and the work we do with National Library.
The information below sets out the terms under which we invite you to engage with us. We ask that you respect other people’s views while using/interacting with our social media pages. We may remove any posts that include:
any explicit or unrelated content or personal information such as addresses, phone numbers, email addresses or other online contact details
commercial endorsements or promotion of any product, service or publication
language or content that is defamatory, racist, sexist or discriminatory, insulting, offensive (including swearing and obscene or vulgar comments), or potentially harmful advice
content that is not accurate or relevant
Comments or users that breach any of our terms may be removed and blocked from our pages.
Members of the public have the right to raise any concerns about Te Puna Foundation’s use of social media. If you have any enquiries about our social media activities, or believe we have not acted in accordance with the transparency statement above, you should contact us at the following address:
Te Puna Foundation
PO Box 1467
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
Tel — +64 4 474 3009
Email info@tepunafoundation.org.nz
