Kaipara Community Health Trust

Purpose:
To facilitate, monitor, retain and enhance health care services in the Kaipara District
WHY
So there are quality health services for people to access locally
WHY
So people can have the benefits of good health, creating well communities. Mission:
To ensure there are quality health services available locally for our community to access.KCHT is an independent; non-government organisation. KCHT was formed out of a need to ‘save our Hospital’ when local surgical services were greatly reduced and Dargaville Hospital was under the threat of closure. The Trust Deed therefore requires that the Trustees, on behalf of their community be the watch dog for health services, and to act in a manner that enhances and retains quality health services locally for our communities to access.The Kaipara Community Health Trust has a Charity Entity Status Registration (CC20458, dated 2008) previously having been an Incorporated Society (817408, dated 24 July 1996) and performs under a Trust Deed.

Resulting from the complexity of the Trust’s activities, the twelve volunteer Trustee appointments are determined by the contribution they can make and are appointed based on their financial, legal, health, commercial and community backgrounds (Mayoral Ward appointments) together with their ability to represent the diversity of the Kaipara Communities e.g. Runanga Ngati Whatua, Aoroa Branch of Rural Women NZ.