9 Nov 2023
BETTER PUBLIC MEDIA TRUST v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2023] NZCA 553
- Citation
- [2023] NZCA 553
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Appeal allowed: advocacy is not per se non-charitable; to qualify under the fourth head the object's public benefit must be assessed by analogy with established charitable purposes and by assessing the ends, means and manner of advocacy; on the facts the Trust's purposes and activities (promoting public, non-commercial media to advance democratic participation, education and social cohesion) demonstrate sufficient public benefit and its manner and means are balanced and educational, so the Trust must be registered as a charity effective from its application date.