Leave a legacy
Making a bequest is one of the most meaningful actions you can take in your lifetime. It is a deeply personal statement of your values, a permanent gift that ensures your commitment to historical truth, remembrance, and human rights echoes for generations to come.
By leaving a gift in your Will to the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand, you secure the future of our educational mission. Your legacy will empower future generations of young New Zealanders to confront prejudice, stand up to antisemitism, and champion compassion in their communities.
Types of legacy gifts
We recognise that your first priority is to provide for your family and loved ones. Once they are looked after, you can choose to support our work through several pathways tailored to your personal financial goals and wishes:
General purpose bequest: A gift directed to our general operations. This provides our team with the flexible funding required to sustain day-to-day work, including staff and educator salaries, facility maintenance, technology updates and the recording of survivor testimonies.
Specific purpose bequest: A gift tagged directly to fund one or more of our key flagship programmes, such as school visits, educator training seminars such as the Inge Woolf Memorial Seminar for Teachers at Yad Vashem, the Children’s Holocaust Memorial, or public memorial events such as the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Gift in perpetuity: A legacy gift invested as capital, where the Centre draws only upon the annual interest generated. This ensures your original contribution remains completely intact while funding our mission forever.
Artefact bequest: The gifting of physical Holocaust-related historical items (such as letters, photographs, diaries, clothing, or medals) to our permanent collection for preservation, archival research, and public exhibition.
Recognition note: Unless you explicitly request to remain anonymous, legacy gifts made to the Centre are quietly and respectfully recognised under the Donors and Supporters section in our Annual Report.
How to include the Centre in your Will
Creating a lasting legacy is a straightforward process that can be easily managed by your professional advisors:
Speak with your family: We warmly encourage you to discuss your decisions with your loved ones so they are aware of and support your charitable wishes.
Consult your solicitor or trustee(s): Your legal advisor can easily add the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand to your estate plans. This can be done by drafting a new Will, adding a simple amendment (a codicil) to your existing Will, or naming the Centre as a beneficiary of your Family Trust.
Notify our team: You are under no obligation to share the financial details or size of your intended gift. However, letting us know that you have made a bequest allows us to properly thank you during your lifetime and ensure your future wishes can be met perfectly by our facilities.
Confidential enquiries
We understand that planning your estate requires careful, quiet consideration. If you are considering leaving a specific asset, designating an artefact, or pointing a gift toward a unique project, we invite you to have a private discussion with us to ensure our facility can fully accommodate your wishes.
All legacy enquiries, letters, and conversations are held in the absolute strictest professional confidence.
For a confidential discussion about leaving a gift in your Will, contact:
Deborah Hart, Chair, Holocaust Centre of New Zealand