Photo: FileThe Christchurch Foundation is reassuring its donors that all donations have been used as intended after a review found a lack of transparency with the charity's financial reporting. "All the donations that we have received have been used in the manner in which the donors intended. The foundation has been accused of lack of transparency in its financial reporting and of incurring high costs by a council-ordered Deloitte review. Councillor Yani Johanson grilled council and foundation staff at a meeting over why there was such a delay in getting the foundation's reports. "I would've thought as part of the review that is quite significant," he said to Christchurch Foundation chief executive Amy Carter at the meeting.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 26, 2021 00:33 UTC