6 Aug 2014
RE GREENPEACE OF NEW ZEALAND INCORPORATED [2014] NZSC 105
- Citation
- (2014) 26 NZTC 21
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that there is no general political‑purpose exclusion in New Zealand law: political advocacy and charitable purposes are not mutually exclusive and s5(3) of the Charities Act 2005 does not codify a blanket prohibition on advocacy but confirms that ancillary non‑charitable activities do not defeat charitable status; advocacy may amount to a charitable purpose only where the advocacy itself demonstrably advances a charitable end within the common‑law sense of public benefit; illegal or unlawful purposes or conduct attributable to an entity can disqualify it, and the applic…