Valder Ohinemuri Charitable Trust

17/01/2026

We are receiving applications for our Summer round of grants. If you have a community project that needs support, please email us for an application form. [email protected]

20/12/2025

The Valder Ohinemuri Trust was established by Miss Lilian Valder in 1982. Since its inception the Trust has donated over $4m in grants to support the Ohinemuri community. As an original signatory and member of the Trust Board, Mr Anthony Howell (nephew to Miss Valder) has retired after 43 consecutive years.

The Trustees, on behalf of the many community organisations that benefited from the Trust would like to recognise and thank Anthony for his leadership, governance and guidance over the many years. Along with his wife Sheila, they have both helped build an amazing organisation that not only reflects Lilian’s essence but has grown to be a very successful philanthropic trust, a legacy that continues to support our community into the future.

Thank you Anthony.

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18/12/2025

The Valder Ohinemuri Charitable Trust is very pleased to confirm our final round of 2025 grants to the following community projects and causes:

CCS Disability Action - for annual running costs
Waihi St Joseph's School - for furniture and hardship support
Salvation Army, Waihi Corps - we are pleased to again support the Christmas Hampers & Foodbank
Life Education Trust - more hay for Harold and funding for the great work delivered
Live Well Waihi Beach - to support the running costs of this fantastic team

We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and if you have a community project needing support in the new year, we are open for applications for our summer grants.

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12/08/2025

The Valder Trust is very pleased to contribute nearly $100k though our 2025 Winter contributions towards the following community initiatives -

Citizens Advice Bureau NZ- operating expenses
Paeroa Central Kura- a school camp
Paeroa College- to help purchase a new school van
Paeroa Historic Society - production of the Ohinemuri Journal
Paeroa Night Owls - costs of nightly patrols
Paeroa RSA - toward earthquake strengthening and remediations
Special Olympics - to attend the National Competition
Waihi Beach School - Provide a principal’s hardship fund to help students
Waihi Budget Services - new signage for their new location
Waihi Central School - to reline the school swimming pool
Waihi College - a new climbing net for the playground
Waihi Ratepayers Assoc. - Art materials for the Waikino Hall programme
Salvation Army, Waihi Corps- following substantial contributions for the new building a further contribution for signage
Waikino School - for their Forest School
Waitawheta Camp - purchasing new mattresses

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23/07/2025

The Valder Trust was established to support the following objectives. We are unable to support individuals, commercial/private businesses or sporting teams/clubs.

- To provide support and assistance to the young, elderly, those with disabilities or terminally ill.
- To support the prevention, cure or avoidance of alcoholism, drug addiction or criminal offending.
- To support and assist the promotion of medical research and the provision of services and buildings.
- To support the welfare, social or medical work of Church and charitable organisations.
- To support education and training by way of assistance to schools and educational institutes, training courses and the provision of scholarships.
- To support recreational activities for the benefit of youth

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