‘..The Ngai Tahu Charities Group covers more than 30 separate registered charities including companies such as Ngai Tahu Capital Ltd, Ngai Tahu Finance Ltd, Ngai Tahu Fisheries Ltd, Ngai Tahu Property Investments Ltd, Ngai Tahu Joint Ventures Ltd, Wigram Aerodrome Ltd, South Island Landbase Ltgd, Ngai Tahu Forest Estates Ltd, Helijet Ltd, Shotover Jet Ltd (which was once listed on the stock exchange), Huka Falls Jet Ltd, Rainbow Springs Ltd, Westland Tourism Ltd, and Dart River Safaris Ltd.

These all appear to be business enterprises that have managed to be registered as Charities and hence gain tax exempt status.     Source

And guess who the Minister responsible for the Charities Commission is…… Tariana Turia, that exemplar of colorblind politics. /sarc
And do any of our Kiwi readers know of a single maori funded hospital, medical clinic, hostel, shelter, school or training scheme?  No, not one funded by channeling taxpayer’s money into maori organisations…maori funded from maori business profits. If all those businesses named above are “charities” then it is surely  reasonable to expect to see some evidence of their philanthropy.